Quote by Albert Camus: “I rebel, therefore we exist.”

Camus reverses Descartes' famous 'I think, therefore I am' — instead of individual thought confirming individual existence, it is collective resistance that creates shared humanity. When we push back against oppression or injustice, we affirm not just ourselves but our bond with each other.

Camus published The Rebel in 1951 during the Cold War, when both Western capitalism and Soviet communism claimed the right to define liberation. He argued that genuine resistance must remain grounded in human solidarity, rejecting both revolutionary terror and passive submission to power.

French-Algerian novelist, philosopher, and Nobel laureate who developed the philosophy of absurdism — the idea that humans must confront a universe that offers no inherent meaning. His novel The Stranger and essay The Myth of Sisyphus are among the defining works of twentieth-century thought.