{"id":3138,"date":"2011-04-17T14:35:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-17T14:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2011\/04\/17\/in-absurdist-experience-suffering-is-individual\/"},"modified":"2011-04-17T14:35:06","modified_gmt":"2011-04-17T14:35:06","slug":"in-absurdist-experience-suffering-is-individual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/04\/17\/in-absurdist-experience-suffering-is-individual\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

In absurdist experience, suffering is individual. But from the moment when a movement of rebellion begins, suffering is seen as a collective experience. Therefore the first progressive step for a mind overwhelmed by the strangeness of things is to realize that this feeling of strangeness is shared with all men and that human reality, in its entirety, suffers from the distance which separates it from the rest of the universe. The malady experienced by a single man becomes a mass plague. In our daily trials rebellion plays the same role as does the \u2018cogito\u2019 in the realm of thought: it is the first piece of evidence. But this evidence lures the individual from his solitude. It founds its first value on the whole human race. I rebel\u2014therefore we exist.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Albert Camus, Rebel. (via fuckyeahexistentialism<\/a>)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In absurdist experience, suffering is individual. But from the moment when a movement of rebellion begins, suffering is seen as a collective experience. Therefore the first progressive step for a mind overwhelmed by the strangeness of things is to realize that this feeling of strangeness is shared with all men and that human reality, in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","hentry","category-video_graphics","post_format-post-format-quote"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-OC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2863,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2012\/03\/11\/metaphysical-rebellion\/","url_meta":{"origin":3138,"position":0},"title":"Metaphysical Rebellion","author":"monochromist","date":"March 11, 2012","format":"link","excerpt":"Metaphysical Rebellion What is metaphysical rebellion? \u00a0Just like the slave rebels against the slave because the slave is rebelling against the constraints of the situation, the metaphysical rebel is doing the same thing. \u00a0He\u2019s rebelling against the creation, the condition of which he finds himself. \u00a0The metaphysical rebel is always\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "motion"","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fantasticfiction.co.uk\/images\/x1\/x8488.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3698,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/03\/13\/nietzsches-idea-of-an-overman-and-life-from-his\/","url_meta":{"origin":3138,"position":1},"title":"Nietzsche’s idea of an overman and life from his point of view","author":"monochromist","date":"March 13, 2011","format":"link","excerpt":"Nietzsche's idea of an overman and life from his point of viewNietzsche\u2019s idea of \u201cthe overman\u201d (Ubermensch) is one of the most significant concept in his thinking. 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