Albert Speer

Albert Camus uses the story, The Guest, to answer how the landscape and setting around civilization can demonstrate human’s absurdity. This absurdity is the ability of man to find a purpose in a world that neither knows nor cares that man exists. The moral dilemma imposed on Daru in the story highlights the essence of the absurd condition of the world and how it forces onto Daru a situation beyond his control, regardless of his moral attitude. In Daru’s land, drought is followed by snow and,…

Kaylah Wood Mr. Z Feb. 28 2017 Title To embody the concept of one’s own freewill embodies the concept of existentialism. Individuals are solely responsible their choices; therefore, it is the responsibility of that single person to determine what is “good” and what is “bad”. Society has established a specific moral standard in which most people must abide, which then can encourage some to blame others, or lie about their choices. Morality as described by Sartre, “we define man only in relation…

Erlangen in 1907 with a dissertation on algebraic invariants. Shortly after she was invited the University of Göttingen in 1915 by David Hilbert and Felix Klein, Noether used her knowledge of invariants to assist them in exploring the mathematics that Albert Einstein used in his theory of general relativity. Once they had finished, Hilbert and Klein convinced Noether to remain at Göttingen where she taught under Hilbert’s name. In 1918, Noether discovered what is now known as Noether’s…

Meursault from The Stranger and Truman from The Truman Show are characters from two different stories which display strong themes of existentialism. Existentialism is the mysterious idea that people determine the development of their own lives by their own choices and that life is absurd. The Stranger is about a peculiar man, Meursault, who strongly seems to believe these themes of existentialism. On the other hand, in The Truman Show, the main character, Truman, is trapped in an existentialist…

On March 2, 1904 a man named Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) was born (Pascal). Theodor Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts (Pascal). Dr. Seuss grew up in Massachusetts and Germany. Dr. Seuss’ parents names were Henrietta and Theodor Geisel (Koehler). Dr. Seuss’ have two sister Margaretha and Henrietta Geisel, but sadly Henrietta died before birth (Pascal). In 1927 Dr. Seuss got married to a woman named Helen Palmer then in 1967 Helen Palmer died of depression (Pascal). After that Dr.…

St. Albert the Great, who was also known as Albert of Cologne,was a great thinker of his time. He was a great natural scientists, physicist, theologian, mathematician, chemist, geographer, and astronomer. St. Albert also was a teacher of St.Thomas Aquinas. St. Albert was born around 1200 AD. There is not much known about his childhood and birth, and many sources disagree on his early life. Research suggests he was sent to Padua University, while he was there he was taught in the writing of…

In the existentialist novel, The Stranger, Camus uses the heat as a motif and symbol to focus on the day of his mother’s funeral, the day he committed the crime, and Mersault’s feelings that he cannot deal with. The novel was about a man whose mother had died and he didn’t believe that he cared until he got flashbacks and killed a man. Soon after his mother died Meursault is making friends and going out. He gets into some trouble and ends up in jail. He goes through trial and doesn’t make it.…

Martin Buber was considered, by many, a theological existentialist. Buber was born Austria in 1878. (Mayhall and Mayhall, 95). He had an interesting childhood surrounded by many great intellectuals. Martin Buber's childhood and upbringing set the stage for his career. Buber was immersed in studying and intellectual thought very early in life and continued to immerse himself in his studies for the rest of his life. Soon after he was born his mother left him and his Father for another marriage…

Albert Einstein: the Inventor & Dreamer “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving” -- This is one of Albert Einstein’s quotes. Albert Einstein made a great impact on the world. He is credited with discovering a theory that found that gravity can affect time and space. He also made the atomic bomb when he was serving in the U.S. military to fight against the Germans in World War II (WWII) when he was getting targeted by Germany because he was Jewish, and the…

In "The Myth of Sisyphus" Camus illuminates the concept of the absurdity of life. He explains that the human condition is characterized by the probability of suffering and the certainty of death. This is a fate that the reason of being cannot accept as meaningful. The absurd is observed with the realization that the world is irrational, and man has to face life the way it comes. Man feels his longing for happiness, within him, and for a reason. The absurd is born of the confrontation between the…