They are both existentialists. Sartre was the more intellectual of the two. This much is generally accepted :) One thing I saw on the link I posted that didn't know or had forgotten was that Sartre, who wrote about Resistance fighters, participated much less than Camus, who writes about community. Of course, as a Frenchman born in Algeria, he would perhaps have been thinking more about the Algerian independence rather than WWII, because there was no reasoning with the Nazis of the time.
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:51:59 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kevin wrote: > > Interesting. To me, the difference between EX and Humanism is > > thoughtful compassion. Humanism, as I have perceived it, is the EX > > understanding that this existence is all there is, but colored with > > the compassion that in order for life to be worth anything, we must > > choose to act to make it so. Only by choosing compassion is there any > > hope to escape the ennui of mere exisitence and the evil of > > thoughtless action. > > I'm way out of my depth with philosophy, but isn't what you described > Camus existentialism and not humanism? That is, I thought Camus-type > EX was exactly as you described above and that's basically what > L'etranger was about. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - New Atlanta http://www.newatlanta.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:139971 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
