Albert Camus - 26 Sep 2013, Thursday 18:30; Associate Professor Matthew Del Nevo will give an incisive paper on the philosophy of Albert Camus followed by discussion, with refreshments. At New Acropolis cultural association Venue:Suite 111, Level 1 250 Pitt St Sydney NSW 2000 (2 mins from Town Hall station) email:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Cost $10 all proceeds go to support New Acropolis
Albert Camus was one of great humanitarians, activists and authors of the last century, writing both great fiction and a philosophy of rebellion against what he saw as a culture of violence with global ramifications (that have come to pass). Camus eschewed both big ideology on one hand and nihilism on the other. Born in Algeria in 1913, Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. He died in a tragic road accident on the Riviera in a car driven by his publisher 3 years later Matthew Del Nevo Associate Professor Department of Philosophy Catholic Institute of Sydney 99 Albert Rd Strathfield NSW 2135 Australia Phone: + 612 9752 9518 Fax: + 612 9746 3998 http://www.cis.catholic.edu.au/faculty/faculty-staff-whos-who/99 A Member Institute of the Sydney College of Divinity SCD CRICOS Registration 02948J
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