When the throne of God is overturned, the rebel realizes that it is now his own responsibility to create the justice, order, and unity that he sought… - Albert Camus

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Engraved portrait of Albert Camus, facing left

When the throne of God is overturned, the rebel realizes that it is now his own responsibility to create the justice, order, and unity that he sought in vain within his own condition, and in this way to justify the fall of God. Then begins the desperate effort to create, at the price of crime and murder if necessary, the dominion of man.

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About Albert Camus

Albert Camus (November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960) was a French Pied-Noir author, absurdist philosopher and winner of the 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Photograph by United Press International (Public domain / CC0)

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Alternative Names: Camus

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