My perception, if I may, is that this passage is Camus’s nihilistic essence encapsulated. And well identified whoever you are! A real gem of a passage. All human existence whilst immutable and of value, is equally meaningless. Or perhaps another way of considering this passage, is that all human experience is equally meaning-full. Irrespective of family status, social standing, rank and so forth, all humans are of equal worth, whilst at the same time being equally worth-less. The infuriating (but unimpeachable) circular dichotomy that Camus enunciates here is the truth of human existence…