Thinking of Albert Camus, who died Jan 4, an unbeliever who cast his life squarely on the side of those who resist lies, torture, and injustice, and who never despaired of finding Christian allies in the struggle.

Jan 4, 2020 · 6:25 PM UTC

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Reading his Letters to a German Friend (1943)—he writes with compassion for those who bought into a conception of national “greatness” built on disdain for the weak, a conception of heroism divorced from justice, and power absent from truth.
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“We shall meet soon again—if possible. But our friendship will be over. You will be full of your defeat. You will not be ashamed of your former victory. Rather, you will longingly remember it with all your crushed might.”
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Jan 4 1960
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Replying to @RobertEllsberg
commonwealmagazine.org/no-me…

No Mere Colony

'Algerian Chronicles' Albert Camus Edited and with an introduction by Alice Kaplan Belknap: Harvard University Press. $21.95, 223 pp.

commonwealmagazine.org
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Replying to @RobertEllsberg
He said he was unwilling to be either a victim or an executioner
Replying to @RobertEllsberg
Check out his agre thesis on Christian Platonism
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What a great anonymous Christian. More Christian than a lot of “Christians.”
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Easily my favorite novelist. I love The Stranger, The Plague, and The Fall. An unbeliever who cast his life on the side of Christianity. More Christianity in him than most clergymen. The Stranger is awesome.