RIP

Joshua, though I don’t know you in person.

If only in death one could still reason.

From The Absurds:

For Camus, the absurd was not negative, not a synonym for “ridiculous,” but the true state of existence. Accepting the view that life is absurd is to embrace a “realistic” view of life: the absence of universal logic. This approach to philosophy is more radical than Nietzsche’s “God is dead.” One might rephrase Camus’ absurdism as “God? No thanks… I’m on my own.”

Many mistakenly believe Camus saw no meaning in life; even Camus and Nietzsche seek “meaning” in life, but not in manners familiar to most. For Camus, meaning was in the human experience. Absurdity does not render life meaningless — people have meaning because they interact with each other, while remaining in control of their own destinies.

And that I would add, that such “meaning” cannot be, and must not be, (i) fixed, (ii) eternal.

If only in death one could still play music, for a resolved harmonic progression is resolved and resolved forever, whatever its meaning was.