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hey guys, help me out.
where do i start with albert camus?
also:
>entry philosophy general

>> No.3991726

BUMp

>> No.3991728

The plague

>> No.3991730

The outsider

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>>3991719
If you're serious about him, read The Myth of Sisyphus before reading any of his fiction. That way you'll actually understand what you're reading.

Then start with Stranger and precede how you want really. Maybe plague->fall->exile&kingdom->etc.

>> No.3991741

>>3991734
thanks bro!
what are other good philosophers? i've only been reading alan watts, aldous huxley, and little kierkegaard.

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>>3991719
>where do i start with albert camus?
Kierkegaard

>> No.3991745

The stranger

>> No.3991753

Sartre is a good compliment to Camus.
The Nausea and The Words would be the most accessible. His philosophy employs the names of other philosophers as adjectives, which is generally a sign that something is not entry-level.

>> No.3991793

>>3991741
Nietzsche's "The Antichrist" is a good complement to Kierkegaard and a great intro to Nietzsche's ethics.

>> No.3991809

>>3991741
>what are other good philosophers?
That's a very broad question.

It would, ultimately, depend on who *you* identify/respect the most.

I like many, but the ones who have stuck were Diogenes, Leibniz, and lately Wittgenstein but I haven't gone very far in his work.

I'm much more devoted to literature than I am to philosophy anyways.

Also, since you said 'other' philosophers: careful saying that, since some people don't consider Camus a philosopher and you could get a lot of children here angry.