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TIL that, while an odd pair, philosopher's Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre were best friends. However, they split when Camus wrote "The Rebel" due to Sartre becoming angered by Camus's argument that absolute justice and absolute freedom couldn't coexist making violent revolution mostly pointless.

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