Q0130
“Rebellion cannot do without the notion of a limit — it stops…” — Albert Camus (The Rebel)
Verified English quotation. Primary source: The Rebel. Theme: knowledge.
English
Rebellion cannot do without the notion of a limit — it stops at human dignity.
Source and attribution
The archive attributes this English wording to The Rebel and files it under Philosophy of the Absurd. That locator distinguishes the passage from loose internet attributions: readers can return to the named work or section to check translation, surrounding argument, and edition-specific wording.
About Albert Camus
Albert Camus (1913–1960) was a French-Algerian writer and thinker associated with the absurd: the tension between the human demand for meaning and a world that does not supply it. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957 and rejected being labeled an existentialist in the Sartrean sense, while remaining central to twentieth-century debates about revolt, justice, and lucid living without appeal to transcendence.
How to read this passage
Epistemology asks whether knowledge is justified true belief, reliable tracking of the world, or something else; it also asks how perception, testimony, memory, and reason contribute. This passage enters that discussion through knowledge, dignity.
Concepts in this quote
- Knowledge
- Knowledge is the philosophical study of what we can justifiably claim to know—and where certainty ends.
- Dignity
- Dignity names the worth that persons claim simply as persons—and the respect that worth demands.
How to cite this quotation
APA: Albert Camus. (n.d.). Rebellion cannot do without the notion of a limit — it stops at human dignity. In Philosophy Blind Box. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0130
MLA: Albert Camus. “Rebellion cannot do without the notion of a….” Philosophy Blind Box, https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0130.
Chicago: Albert Camus. “Rebellion cannot do without the notion of a….” Philosophy Blind Box. Accessed 2026. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0130.
Frequently asked questions
What is the source of the quotation “Rebellion cannot do without the notion of a…”?
The passage is attributed to Albert Camus, The Rebel. The archive attributes this English wording to The Rebel and files it under Philosophy of the Absurd. That locator distinguishes the passage from loose internet attributions: readers can return to the named work or section to check translation, surrounding argument, and edition-specific wording.
What does Albert Camus mean by knowledge?
Epistemology asks whether knowledge is justified true belief, reliable tracking of the world, or something else; it also asks how perception, testimony, memory, and reason contribute. This passage enters that discussion through knowledge, dignity.