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- ↑ Matthew Sharpe (3 September 2015). Camus, Philosophe: To Return to our Beginnings. BRILL. p. 45. ISBN 978-90-04-30234-1.
- ↑ Aronson, Ronald (2011-10-27). "Albert Camus". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
- ↑ Albert Camus (1913—1960): Essays, Letters, Prose Collections, Articles, and Reviews IEP
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