I see Sisyphus as deeply present with what is; he embraces the absurd, which Camus saw as the result of our desire for meaning in a meaningless world. Sisyphus realizes that in tending to the part, he ...

Sisyphus appears in several Greek myths, though today he is often associated with just one. In the famous legend, he is punished by Zeus for cheating death and condemned to endlessly push a ...

Why Camus's claim is wrong. Here is why I think that—at least as regards the lives of many people—Camus's claim is wrong. Achievement: Sisyphus's efforts are futile; he never succeeds in what ...

To make your own meaning in life? Because I’ve tried, and those impossible p-sets have never solved themselves, however persuasively I’ve tried to smile. And so I’ll be the first to admit ...

Sisyphus, a figure in Greek Mythology, was punished by the gods and condemned to push a boulder up a hill for all eternity. Imagine that: ... Meaning Through Autonomy.

One must imagine Sisyphus happy,” wrote Camus. “His fate belongs to him. His rock is his thing.” Shaking sand from the tangled thready roots of a clump of clover, I could relate. Given eternity to ...