In a compelling essay, the French existentialist Albert Camus argued that Sisyphus' defiant embrace of his fate transformed his labors into a source of meaning — and even joy. "One must imagine ...

One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” This is a bleak model for those in lamentation over our current moment. But Camus’ brand of pessimism is apt, simultaneously acknowledging that sense of being ...

In The Myth of Sisyphus, Camus contemplates why we don ... The absurd death of Albert Camus was indeed 'strangely appropriate'.

Albert Camus is likely the most popular novelist who is also often regarded as consequential in the history of philosophy, ...

But Camus’ brand of pessimism is apt ... Americans are not in the world of Sisyphus or in the world of those who face imminent death because of who they are. But these stories do tell us ...