God, Absurdism, and Law: Suffering and Meaning in the Works of Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, and Camus

"Karamazov or Nietzsche only entered the world of death because they wanted to discover the true life. So that by a process of inversion, it is the desperate appeal for order that rings through this insane universe...In the eyes of the rebel, what is missing from the misery of the world, as well as from its moments of happiness, is some principle by which they can be explained." - Albert Camus. I dissect through the works of Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, and Camus humanity's intractable need for a limiting framework under which to live. Particular focus is paid towards the legal system as it appears in The Brothers Karamazov and The Fall, as well as all three authors' philosophy of art and religious beliefs. I argue for the continued relevance of Camus' "solution" to absurdism, and point towards art and creation rather than his Christian beliefs which ultimately saved Dostoevsky from his own "absurdism" and destabilizing experiences with the law and authority.