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Camus has lost me. He writes about the author as dealing with the absurd in what he writes, but seems to negate himself after every sentence. I truly do not understand what Camus means: he wonders if an author could write a truly absurd work and seems to answer it, but I do not understand him. He uses Dostoevsky as example next, so I hope that elucidates things.

In belief of the absurd and appeals to divinity, there are different sorts of freedom and slavery. The divine gives a FEELING of liberation or free oneself to another place after death, but comes with responsibilities, enslaving the mind by limiting choice. The absurd enslaves us here, this world, by presenting death as final but liberates us from a responsibility of acting for a next life. To live a hopeless rebel

“Öyle ya, kim ve ne hakkında ‘Bunu biliyorum!’ diyebilirim ki? İçimdeki bu yüreği duyabiliyorum, var olduğu yargısına varıyorum. Bu dünyaya dokunabiliyorum, onun da var olduğu yargısına varıyorum. Tüm bilgim burada duruyor, gerisi kurmaca.”