Camus and Absurdism

            In The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus, the philosophy of absurdism is presented. Absurdism is a branch off of existentialism, although not all existentialists agree with absurdism. As Camus puts it, “The absurd is born out of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the world.” He is pretty much saying that humans have the need to search for and find meaning in life but the universe is impartial to this need and thus it often goes unsatisfied. He claims that even the idea of there being a purpose to life is absurd. He claims that if we had a purpose in life, that there would then have to be an even higher meaning above that to justify it. And of course a high meaning above the justification to validate it. He says this chain continues until you reach God but once you get there you must still ask what justifies God, you would find yourself still looking for something higher to justify Gods right to give you a purpose. Camus claims that this endless chain of validation makes it absurd to believe in a single end of the chain, God. Camus does not say this to try and disprove the existence of God, he simply makes the point that this belief is absurd and does not seem to use it in as negative of a connotation as it sounds.