What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next thirty years?

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

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Purpose of life Killing time

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Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Source

The Great Gatsby

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Novel

Language

English

Time

1925 1920s 20th century

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Novelist Writer

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United States

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925, ch. 7.

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Time
1929 1920s 20th century
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There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.

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Albert Camus
Source
The Myth of Sisyphus
Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
1942 1940s 20th century
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Camus, Albert. Le Mythe de Sisyphe [The Myth of Sisyphus]. Éditions Gallimard, 1942.