The StrangerThrough the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach, Camus explored what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd." First published in English in 1946; now in a new translation by Matthew Ward. |
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... idea of culture as was reflected in the opening quote of this work. The relationship between idea and action is the subject of one of Wojtyła's early essays, “Idea y Humildad,” (“Idea and Humility”).12 Wojtyła notes that the Greek word idea ...
... idea of culture as was reflected in the opening quote of this work. The relationship between idea and action is the subject of one of Wojtyła's early essays, “Idea y Humildad,” (“Idea and Humility”).12 Wojtyła notes that the Greek word idea ...
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... idea of the labyrinth in the western Middle Ages by extrapolation from a wide variety of sources, both literary and visual, and to see how that idea informs an array of important literary texts. I use the word idea to mean the general ...
... idea of the labyrinth in the western Middle Ages by extrapolation from a wide variety of sources, both literary and visual, and to see how that idea informs an array of important literary texts. I use the word idea to mean the general ...
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... idea of history raised in previous studies has been : What thoughts ( opinions , views , attitudes , visions , theories ) have other or earlier cultures had about that for which the idea is history ? The attempt has been , in the ...
... idea of history raised in previous studies has been : What thoughts ( opinions , views , attitudes , visions , theories ) have other or earlier cultures had about that for which the idea is history ? The attempt has been , in the ...
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