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meaningfulness. Absurdism is a concept in philosophy related to the notion of absurdity. The Classical Greek philosopher Plato often used "absurdity" to describe

the absurd condition. According to Camus, one's freedom—and the opportunity to give life meaning—lies in the recognition of absurdity. If the absurd experience

philosophy of Absurdism Absurd (film), 1981 Italian film Absurd or surreal humour Absurdist fiction Absurdity, general and technical usage—associated with extremely

Kierkegaard suggests that the absurdity of religious truths prevents people from reaching God rationally. Sartre recognizes the absurdity of individual experience

absurdum (Latin for "reduction to absurdity"), also known as argumentum ad absurdum (Latin for "argument to absurdity") or an apagogical argument, is the

challenge to accept the human condition as it is, in all its mystery and absurdity, and to bear it with dignity, nobly, responsibly; precisely because there

absurd condition and "from the moment absurdity is recognized, it becomes a passion, the most harrowing of all." It is not the world that is absurd,

usually about the insensitivity, paradox, absurdity, and cruelty of the modern world.[citation needed] Absurd and surrealist cinema often deals with elements

because of its apparent lack of meaning relative to what preceded it, seems absurd to the point of being humorous or confusing. This use of the term is distinct

Construction and the "Absurdity Doctrine" or 'Scrivener's Error' Exception", Francis G. X. Pileggi Glen Staszewski, "Avoiding Absurdity", Indiana Law Journal