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Philosophy

kairos12

(12,841 posts) Fri Feb 28, 2020, 05:14 PM Feb 2020

Last year I coincidentally reread "The Plague" by Camus

Even given Camus' immense talent his exquisite existential tale could not have conceived of a Nation under threat by disease while being led by a failed game show host who believes science is a hoax or a liberal threat.

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