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Metaphysical Rebellion Targets Human Condition
- Metaphysical rebellion is a protest not against a ruler but against the human condition itself.
- Camus frames it as thinkers confronting absurdity by contesting the ends of man and creation, not just social injustice.
Rebellion Comes From Cain Not Prometheus
- Camus argues modern rebellion descends from Cain, not Prometheus, because monotheism enables rebelling against a single absolute God.
- Greeks couldn't mount metaphysical revolt since gods were many and human-like, embedded in nature.
Sade's Naturalism Inverts Morality
- Marquis de Sade exemplifies absolute negation: he substitutes a violent, purposeless nature for divine law and inverts morality.
- Camus shows this logic leads to total annihilation because unchecked murder consumes desire and meaning.