The most loathsome materialism is not the kind people usually think of, but the sort that attempts to let dead ideas pass for living realities, diverting into sterile myths the stubborn and lucid attention we give to what we have within us that must forever die.


Lyrical and Critical Essays (ed. Vintage, 2012) - ISBN: 9780307827784

Albert Camus Quotes

The most loathsome materialism is not the kind people usually think of, but the sort that attempts to let dead ideas pass for living realities,...

The most loathsome materialism is not the kind people usually think of, but the sort that attempts to let dead ideas pass for living realities,...

The most loathsome materialism is not the kind people usually think of, but the sort that attempts to let dead ideas pass for living realities,...

The most loathsome materialism is not the kind people usually think of, but the sort that attempts to let dead ideas pass for living realities,...