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Benjamin Rivière The Absurd Hero Before World War I, the world was not fully cognizant of the magnitude of man’s capacity to destroy and maim. Suddenly, in the trenches of war, we witnessed the hor…

Benjamin Rivière The Absurd Hero Before World War I, the world was not fully cognizant of the magnitude of man’s capacity to destroy and maim. Suddenly, in the trenches of war, we witnessed the horror of chemical warfare, the damage of bombs and grenades, and the mass deaths wrought by automatic machine guns. In the wake of this unprecedented suffering, we began to question how we define our selves, our God and our purpose. How could God exist in such a morally desolate world? Abandoned and mutilated, how we could be the child of God. These sentiments incited young philosophers to understand t

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