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Philosophical Haiku

Albert Camus (1913-1960)

by Terence Green

Innocence and guilt
Futile labour without cease
Such absurdity.

Albert Camus was born in Algeria and brought up in poverty. A scholarship got him through school, and he went on to study philosophy at the University of Algiers. Seemingly bound for an academic career, tuberculosis put an end to that, and so he turned to odd jobs to make his way in the world.

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