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'''Absurdism''' is related to [[existentialism]] and [[nihilism]], and | '''Absurdism''' is related to [[existentialism]] and [[nihilism]], and the term has its roots in the nineteenth century Danish philosopher, Søren Kierkegaard. Absurdism as a philosophical position was born out of the Existentialist movement when the French [[philosopher]] and writer Albert Camus broke from that philosophical line of thought and published his manuscript The Myth of Sisyphus. | ||
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Revision as of 11:53, 6 February 2023
Absurdism is related to existentialism and nihilism, and the term has its roots in the nineteenth century Danish philosopher, Søren Kierkegaard. Absurdism as a philosophical position was born out of the Existentialist movement when the French philosopher and writer Albert Camus broke from that philosophical line of thought and published his manuscript The Myth of Sisyphus.