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World · 7 November 2025

Albert Camus: The Nobel Laureate Who Taught Us to Live Without Seeking Meaning

Albert Camus: The Nobel Laureate Who Taught Us to Live Without Seeking Meaning

On the birth anniversary of Albert Camus, the world revisits the legacy of the 1957 Nobel Prize-winning French philosopher and author. Camus believed that true happiness cannot be achieved by constantly pursuing it, and life loses its vitality when one obsesses over its meaning. His philosophy of the absurd teaches that fulfillment arises not from seeking answers, but from embracing life as it is — raw, uncertain, and beautifully real.

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