Camus' Caligula and the Destructive Pursuit of Absolute Power

from The Wisdom Of · host Kristian Urstad and Stephen Webb

Camus' early play Caligula belongs in the same group as his other two works of this period, The Myth of Sisyphus and The Stranger. But in its own way, it is particularly relevant today! ... Check out my new books! This one is called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Humanhttps://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

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