The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The concept of absurdity is something I'm attracted to.
In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.
Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.
Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. And maybe that's what gives us our joy for living, because the only thing that can defeat absurdity is lucidity.
When people conclude that all is futile, then the absurd becomes the norm.
Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing.
The absurd depends as much on man as on the world. For the moment, it is all that links them together.
Ecstatic absurdity: it's the confrontation with meaninglessness.
The greater absurdities are, the more strongly they evince the falsity of that supposition from whence they flow.
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