Absurd Man
True or False: Absurdity is only a state of fact.
False, Both a fact and a lucid awareness
Is there a God according to Sartre?
No
True or False: There is meaning in the world?
True or False: Meursault is evil?
False, he is neither
What is Doleful Illumination?
Gradual understanding of absurdity
True or False: There are always existing values
False, this would mean that there was some extent of predetermination.
True or False: The World is chaotic and irrational?
True
What is Relative Absurdity?
More information from a situation increases its absurdity
What is the absolute freedom for an absurdist?
Death
Why is it pointless to judge Mersault by “normal standards”?
There are no set values
Why is there no “tomorrow”?
We all eventually die.
In the Myth of Sisyphus where is his meaning derived from?
His work
What is the Passion of the Absurd?
Man will not commit suicide.
Why are all actions permissible?
Man needs to acquire as many as possible to build his essence
Why does man simply exist in the world?
He is not the world and not its purpose.
Why will man not commit suicide?
Relinquishes choice and freedom
Man is a humanist because…
He values self agency
Why is man innocent?
There is no judgment that can alter anything because there is only one outcome.
Why is man always an outsider to the world?
He has no previous knowledge and no promises.
Absurdity is not something to be had it is something…
To be