The Myth Of Sisyphus Essay
In the essay, The Myth of Sisyphus, written by Albert Camus, Camus speaks on the meaningless of life and how an individual must first realize that life has no meaning at all in order to find happiness. When Albert Camus states that life has no meaning, he is not saying everything you do in life is a waste because of your individual personality, he is stating life has no meaning because of the natural outcome of everyone’s life, death. Each and everyday people work there fingers to the bone in order to find something that satisfies their thirst for joy at the moment, not knowing when the Grim Reaper will come to take them to heaven or hell, but not everyone believes in the heaven or hell portrayed to us by Christianity. According to Camus
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Even though you may be living in a meaningless life you can still find joy whiten it. People often find it hard to find the balance on a meaningless life and finding joy in life even though they are aware of its meaninglessness. Those who choose not to live the life they are given commit suicide. “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. All the rest – whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories – comes afterwards. These are games; one must first answer”, Camus. Camus states that the action of committing suicide is completely absurd. In class we discussed a story of the man Sisyphus and a rock he rolled up a hill each and every day trying to get it to the peak to satisfy the God’s. At the end of each day the rock rolled back down to the bottom of the hill. Upon further research into this story I truly understand why Camus put it in his work. Instead of committing suicide or continuously wishing that he could roll the rock to the Gods each and every day, he was simply satisfied with the amount of work he put into getting the rock up the hill each and every day, which one hundred percent backs Camus view of life. Camus absurdity thought is not only focused on in the act of
Even though you may be living in a meaningless life you can still find joy whiten it. People often find it hard to find the balance on a meaningless life and finding joy in life even though they are aware of its meaninglessness. Those who choose not to live the life they are given commit suicide. “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. All the rest – whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories – comes afterwards. These are games; one must first answer”, Camus. Camus states that the action of committing suicide is completely absurd. In class we discussed a story of the man Sisyphus and a rock he rolled up a hill each and every day trying to get it to the peak to satisfy the God’s. At the end of each day the rock rolled back down to the bottom of the hill. Upon further research into this story I truly understand why Camus put it in his work. Instead of committing suicide or continuously wishing that he could roll the rock to the Gods each and every day, he was simply satisfied with the amount of work he put into getting the rock up the hill each and every day, which one hundred percent backs Camus view of life. Camus absurdity thought is not only focused on in the act of