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raymond_rigat's review
4.0
Quick read and shockingly relevant to today.
Camus both beautifully and simply addresses the modern globalization of the world and the challenges this creates in the application of peaceful ethics. Although this was originally published in 1946, its lessons on the potential destructive effects of zealous adherence to any political ideology remain relevant today.
Camus both beautifully and simply addresses the modern globalization of the world and the challenges this creates in the application of peaceful ethics. Although this was originally published in 1946, its lessons on the potential destructive effects of zealous adherence to any political ideology remain relevant today.
simifilm's review against another edition
"Die Welt hat heute die Wahl zwischen der anachronistischen politischen Denkweise und der utopischen Denkweise."
jedishelley's review against another edition
5.0
An important essay that should have been read by my grandparents and parents and used to resolve the world's problems before I came into existence.
danamiranda's review against another edition
2.0
I enjoyed Camus’ treatment of History as an absolute end and his call towards sociability, ‘…that words are more powerful than munitions’ (55). On the other hand, I find his prescription towards international democracy troubling.
"We are being torn apart by a logic of History which we have elaborated in every detail—a net which threatens to strangle us. It is not emotion which can cut through the web of a logic which has gone to irrational lengths, but only reason which can meet logic on its own ground…. But the problem is not how to carry men away; it is essential, on the contrary, that they not be carried away but rather that they be made to understand clearly what they are doing" (52).
"We are being torn apart by a logic of History which we have elaborated in every detail—a net which threatens to strangle us. It is not emotion which can cut through the web of a logic which has gone to irrational lengths, but only reason which can meet logic on its own ground…. But the problem is not how to carry men away; it is essential, on the contrary, that they not be carried away but rather that they be made to understand clearly what they are doing" (52).
blunder's review
4.0
I really like the philosophy of Camus, and he has good points here, but... he's not exactly saying anything mind blowing. It's really more the way he says it than what he's saying. I don't really know how to put it better than that.
It's super short, so if your interested in Camus's philosophy, this is basically no commitment. I'd recommend it to a friend, but only a relatively deep friend.
It's super short, so if your interested in Camus's philosophy, this is basically no commitment. I'd recommend it to a friend, but only a relatively deep friend.
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