for anyone interested, here is a pretty literate discussion of Camus as seem by Sartre. Matter of fact, the whole site looks interesting.
http://www.anotheramerica.org/new_page_6.htm Dana On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 21:23:34 -0700, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, Won has made a distinction between humane and humanist that I > have to think about. I am not answering for him, but I think you are > in the passage I primarily used to make my point that Camus is a > humanist, in the sense that he really believes in the potential of > man. > > (Eerie to see that comment about ignorance in the current times.) > > It seems to me that Camus' works are either full of despair (Stranger, > Fall) or they seem to say that there *is* hope but men must work > together. There was an essay Camus wrote once where he reviewed one of > Sartre's works. I wonder if that has made its way onto the internet. > Also, I can't quite remember what it was that he had to say about the > myth of Sisyphus. That too might be worth a look. > > Sartre on the other hand seemed to say in Nausea and in Being and > Nothingness that a man might as well be a table leg until he acts, and > that act defines him as a man. I think that this was a philosophy born > of the French Resistance. It was a time when people had to choose > between doing the right thing and doing the easy thing, and for a long > time after that there was no need to make this choice. > > My .02 > > Dana > > On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 22:10:26 -0600, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Let's not confuse humane with humanist. > > > > "The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance, and good > > intentions may do as much harm as malevolence, if they lack > > understanding. On the whole, men are more good than bad; that, > > however, isn't the real point. But they are more or less ignorant, and > > it is that we call vice or virtue; the most incorrigible vice being > > that of an ignorance that fancies it knows everything and therefore > > claims for itself the right to kill. The soul of the murderer is > > blind; and there can be no true goodness nor true love without the > > utmost clear-sightedness." > > > > Camus. The Plague > > > > Where does that fall in the humane / humanist to you? I'm not > > challenging, just curious to your view of it. > > > > -Kevin > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - CFDynamics http://www.cfdynamics.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:139928 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
