This video makes me very curious about the etymology of the word 'Absurd'. The philosophy of Absurdism seems disconnected from the colloquial use of the word absurd to a degree that not many other branches of philosophy reach.
Like, if someone told you they were a consequentialist, and you had never heard of that, you might still have a basic understanding of what they meant if you were familiar with the word 'consequences'. Similar with utilitarian, Atheist, libertarian and other ideological descriptions.
But, absurdism? You might see how the phrase 'imagine Sysyphus happy' might be seen as absurd in the colloquial sense. But, like, not really. And even if I were to take that expression as absurd, it apparently doesn't even accurately represent Camus's philosophy. So what the fuck.
TLDR: someone make a YT short about the etymology of 'Absurd'
I understood it as the idea that our desire for transcendent meaning is absurd in the context of a meaningless universe, hence The Absurd, and Absurdism.
Loved the video. Thank you for it and the others on him. And thanks to Substack for having a decent enough search engine that when I typed in Camus I found this article and your channel. I'm purchased and am looking forward to reading John Foley's book on Camus.
This video makes me very curious about the etymology of the word 'Absurd'. The philosophy of Absurdism seems disconnected from the colloquial use of the word absurd to a degree that not many other branches of philosophy reach.
Like, if someone told you they were a consequentialist, and you had never heard of that, you might still have a basic understanding of what they meant if you were familiar with the word 'consequences'. Similar with utilitarian, Atheist, libertarian and other ideological descriptions.
But, absurdism? You might see how the phrase 'imagine Sysyphus happy' might be seen as absurd in the colloquial sense. But, like, not really. And even if I were to take that expression as absurd, it apparently doesn't even accurately represent Camus's philosophy. So what the fuck.
TLDR: someone make a YT short about the etymology of 'Absurd'
I understood it as the idea that our desire for transcendent meaning is absurd in the context of a meaningless universe, hence The Absurd, and Absurdism.
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Loved the video. Thank you for it and the others on him. And thanks to Substack for having a decent enough search engine that when I typed in Camus I found this article and your channel. I'm purchased and am looking forward to reading John Foley's book on Camus.
The meaning is in our actions. Or whatever is important to us. for Some people is afterlife. For some is currentlife.
It depends how words shaping your world
https://open.substack.com/pub/luciferv/p/in-the-beginning-was-the-word?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5e4lda
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