Michael Shea vs. Albert Camus
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Michael Shea
1946 – 2014
Michael Shea or Mike Shea may refer to:Michael Shea (actor), American child/teen actor Michael Shea (1946–2014), American fantasy/horror/sci-fi writer Michael Shea (diplomat) (1938–2009), Scottish press secretary to Queen Elizabeth II and author Michael Shea, Austrian ice hockey player Michael A. Shea (1894–1954), Newfoundland politician Michael P. Shea, American attorney and United States district judge Mike Shea (baseball) (1867–1927), American Major League pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds Mike Shea (snowboarder), American para-snowboarder Mike Shea, founder, president, and CEO of Alternative Press magazine
"Can it be your spirit does not thrive? Can it be you’ve weighed your life of kissing arse and crouching before fat purses, and have found it wanting?"
Albert Camus
1913 – 1960
Albert Camus was a French philosopher, novelist, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, and political activist. He was the recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history, and the first laureate in literature born in Africa. His works include The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall and The Rebel.
"And he knew, also, what the old man was thinking as his tears flowed, and he, Rieux, thought it too: that a loveless world is a dead world, and always there com…"
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