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A man devoid of hope and conscious of being so has ceased to belong to the future.
"A man devoid of hope and conscious of being so has ceased to belong to the future."— Albert Camus
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Meaning of this quote
The passage describes a person who no longer relies on future consolation. In Camus’s argument, this is part of confronting the absurd rather than a simple instruction to despair.
Key takeaway:
Read philosophical remarks about hope in their argumentative context.
Origin of the quote
The Myth of Sisyphus (1942), discussion of absurd freedom.
Who actually said this?
VerifiedThe sentence is traceable in the English translation. It should not be used as a clinical claim about people experiencing hopelessness.
