Albert Camus once accused Soren Kierkegaard of committing “philosophical suicide” primarily because Kierkegaard—according to Camus—does not have the courage to remain in the tension and ‘painful opposition’ of ‘the absurd’: “what I am offered neglects [the absurd’s] basis, negates one of the terms of the painful opposition, demands of me a resignation.” (Camus, Myth of Sisyphus, p. 41). To give a very quick crash course: what Camus refers to as ‘the absurd’ can be thought of as a place where ...

Albert Camus once accused Soren Kierkegaard of committing “philosophical suicide” primarily because Kierkegaard—according to Camus—does not have the courage to remain in the tension and ‘painful opposition’ of ‘the absurd’: “what I am offered neglects [the absurd’s] basis, negates one of the terms of the painful opposition, demands of me a resignation.” (Camus, Myth of Sisyphus, p. 41). To give a very quick crash course: what Camus refers to as ‘the absurd’ can be thought of as a place where ...