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One must imagine (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

but isn't the struggle itself towards the heights enough to fill a man's heart?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm glad someone else posted this. The point of the essay is that Sisyphus is fulfilled and Happy. Sisyphus being miserable at the meaningless and futility of his torment wouldn't really require an essay.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Wait, what essay?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus

a very short read itself (often bundled with his other works) but dang, does it slap

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.