I discovered philosophy in my youth when I read wildly, and thus I was exposed to the world of ideas.

Religion is an irrational construct.

God is a fiction invented by people so they do not have to face the reality of their condition.

I discovered philosophy in my youth when I read wildly, and thus I was exposed to the world of ideas.

Camus believed in dialogue and diplomacy, and enlisted his work as a philosopher to the need to find nonviolent solutions, whereas Sartre called for violent conflicts and justified terror.

I have a big problem with Islam.

For the establishment, philosophy is both an elitist and an idealist discipline: In high school, it is a compulsory subject; at university, they teach the idealist line. They are conducting a conversation with themselves.