"The point is to live." I will confess to getting stuck in some of the abstract thickets of Camus's essay, but the clarity and power of his central message, summarized in that sentence, ultimately shines through. Philosophers of old like Seneca taught their students how to live; Camus does likewise, echoing Beckett's "I can't go on, I'll go on." The other essays in this collection reveal Camus's affection for Algeria and his big-hearted view of the writer's role.
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