Tuberculosis cut short his physical activities, but he continued his intellectual pursuits. Influenced by Andr Gide, Andr Malraux, and other French writers of the day, Camus became one of the prominent left-wing intellectuals of Algiers. During WWII, he also served heroically in the French Resistance. He also wrote penetrating philosophical essays that described how meaning could be found in an absurd world. It now becomes clear, on the contrary, that it will be lived all the better if it has no meaning.
Absolute justice denies freedom.
He went on to become the most famous poet and essayist of his time, and one of the giants in literary history. Suffering from poor vision from childhood, Milton became blind in middle age, and wrote his greatest works with the help of recording secretaries. So farewell hope, and with hope, farewell fear. In 1968 he became director of the Laboratory of Planetary Studies at Cornell University, where he consulted on several U. S. unmanned space missions to Venus and Mars. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers.