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"[conqueror]," "[philosophy of suicide],"

History
Camus began work in 1940, during the fall of France, when millions of refugees fled from advancing German armies. This helped him in understanding the absurd, although the essay rarely refers to this event.[2] He then wrote a preface for the essay while in Paris in May of 1955, which is included in the translated version by Justin O'Brien. Camus states that "even if one does not believe in God, suicide is not legitimate."