About this episode
Walter Veit revisits his early philosophy article on existential nihilism in light of an upcoming podcast appearance and reading group on Camus.
Since I’ll soon be a guest on Joseph Folley ’s Unsolicited Advice podcast and he is organizing a reading group on Albert Camus’ The Myth of Sisyphus this month, I figured it would be a great idea to revisit one of my earliest philosophy articles that I published in the Journal of Camus Studies. Veit, W. (2018). Existential Nihilism: The Only Really Serious Philosophic… Get full access to Walter Veit at walterveit.substack.com/subscribe
People in this episode
Host: Walter Veit
Topics covered
- existentialism
- nihilism
- philosophy
- Camus
- meaning of life
Keywords
- meaningless life
- existential nihilism
- Albert Camus
- philosophy
- Sisyphus
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Journal of Camus Studies
Books & works: The Myth of Sisyphus, Existential Nihilism: The Only Really Serious Philosophic
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