The French existentialist Albert Camus wrote a series of letters to a German friend during World War II. The friend had become a Nazi. Here are a couple of excerpts that remind me of our time and ...

Toward the end of January, I began to notice a strange echo between my work and the news. A mysterious virus had appeared in the city of Wuhan, and though the virus resembled previous diseases, there ...

Albert Camus, a Nobel laureate, penned raw, unflinching prose that challenged readers to confront existence. His works, like ...

Albert Camus, a French-Algerian philosopher, argued in The Myth of Sisyphus that the search for happiness can obstruct true ...

American teenager Elizabeth Hawes fell in love with Albert Camus in the late 1950s. Camus's novels inspired her with a "feeling of connection, compassion, and love for all of mankind" and she ...

Even if you’ve read Albert Camus’s slim novel The Stranger (L’ Étranger) repeatedly, there are still a few things you may not know about the masterpiece, which has sold more than 6 million copies. 1.

In this week’s issue, Adam Gopnik calls Albert Camus the “Don Draper of existentialism.” During Camus’s first and only trip to the United States, in 1946, New Yorkers treated him like a celebrity.

Some writers speak to us through the window of their time—we need to get back to where they once belonged to truly focus on the shape of their ideas—and a few speak to us permanently, jumping, with ...

Never mind Gerrard or Rooney, there is only one name appropriate to decorate the replica shirt of the thinking football fan. Each year Philosophy Football, perhaps the only company in Britain founded ...

Albert Camus, the Nobel laureate, offers a timeless perspective on real happiness, emphasizing acceptance over constant searching. His philosophy suggests inner strength and steadiness are key, even ...