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Simon Lea
Simon holds a PhD in Philosophy and is the co-founder of the Albert Camus Society. Over the past twenty years he has worked helping to develop public interest in philosophy, philosophical literature, and theatre. His areas of special interest include Camus, Nietzsche, existentialism, absurdism, and mythopoesis.
Education:University of Southampton, 2024PhD PhilosophyLampeter, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2009MPhil PhilosophyLampeter, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2003BA PhilosophyExpertise:Articles by Simon Lea
Jean-Paul Sartre dramatized the dirty hands problem in 1948 with his play Dirty Hands. In response, Albert Camus staged The Just Assassins in 1949.
Can God require us to do something morally wrong? This is the subject of Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling.
Pascal’s Wager is not intended to prove the existence of God, but that a lack of evidence cannot support belief or a lack of belief.
Camus’s story, “Jonas or the Artist at Work,” ends with the unveiling of a mysterious painting. What does this ending mean?
The absurd is a technical philosophical term. Camus’s account often confuses people because they fail to see how he made it his own.