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Spiritual History and Point of View Baptized, raised, and educated as a Catholic Was respectful towards the church Natural-born pagan (no instinct for belief in the supernatural) As a young high school student he studied the Bible and other things related to Christianity Kierkegaard and St. Augustine were his greatest Christian influences Schopenhauer and Nietzsche set him on his path of defiant pessimism and atheism
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Albert CamusBy Coleman, Mackenzie,
Bailey, and Brenna
● Born on November 7, 1913 in Dréan, Algeria ● Died on January 4, 1960 ● He attended the University of Algiers, where he studied
philosophy and played goalie for the soccer team. ● In 1936, he was granted an undergraduate and graduate degrees
in philosophy.● He grew up in a French education system● From 1918-1923, Camus attended primary school.
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Spiritual History and Point of ViewBaptized, raised, and educated as a Catholic
Was respectful towards the church
Natural-born pagan (no instinct for belief in the supernatural)
As a young high school student he studied the Bible and other things related to Christianity
Kierkegaard and St. Augustine were his greatest Christian influences
Schopenhauer and Nietzsche set him on his path of defiant pessimism and atheism
How he lived his life Throughout his career Camus repeatedly denied that he was an
existentialist
He lived by a core set of liberal democratic values—including tolerance, justice, liberty, open-mindedness, respect for personhood, condemnation of violence, and resistance to tyranny
However, he was apart of the communist party but came to oppose French colonization and argued for the empowerment of Algerians in politics and labor.He later became an outspoken critic of communist theory
He disapproved the institution of marriage
Ethical Point of VIewStylist of great purity
Search for moral order
He is considered a moralist (a person who teaches or promotes principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior)
Influences from other Philosophers...Kierkegaard: Danish Philosopher and religious author, organized religion, morality, and ethics.
Schopenhauer: German philosopher
Developed an Aesthetic look and ethical system
Writing on Aesthetics, morality, and psychology
Nietzsche: German Philosopher
writer about Aesthetics, cultural theory, and meaning of existence
*Nietzsche and Schopenhauer were the two philosophers that lead Albert Camus on the path of atheism and pessimism.
Bibliographyhttp://www.iep.utm.edu/camus/
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/camus/
http://www.biography.com/people/albert-camus-9236690
http://www.camus-society.com/albert-camus-bio.html
http://www.gradesaver.com/author/albert-camus
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=albert-camus
