Voltaire and Camus

the limits of reason and the awareness of absurdity

Author: Patrick Henry

Volume: 138

Series: SVEC

Publication Date: 1975

Pages: 261

ISBN: 978-0-7294-0018-3

Price: £35


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Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I. Anti-rationalism and the limits of reason
Part II. The refusal to abandon reason and the proper sphere and limited validity of rationality
Part III. The absurd and its fictional portrayal
a. Camus’s L’Etranger
b. Voltaire’s Candide
Conclusion
List of works cited

Voltaire Foundation

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