We must imagine Sisyphus happy if we want to believe in genuine. : Art Print Wall Art,One must imagine sisyphus happy illustration albert camus quote Picture Frames with High Definition Glass,Home/Office Wall. It’s not the objective but what we achieve on the way. A friend sent me this meme a few days ago, and my response was to tell them about how much I liked the myth of Sisyphus. Life itself would be inherently unhappy and happiness would be a sham born out of denial. Our motivations are different, but ultimately we must have a purpose worth the struggle – to be valued, to succeed, to feed, clothe and house ourselves, to build a better future – the challenge should make us happy – we strive to be the best we can! Is Sisyphus’s task any different to running marathons over and over? To achieving targets on a repeating yearly basis? Every time he struggled to the top, however he tried to get the boulder to stay in place it rolled back down the hill and he had to start again – sound familiar?įor most people the absurd inanity of this torture is the horror. Original French: La lutte elle-mme vers les. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a mans heart. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a mans heart. Sisyphus, as legend has it, was punished by the gods of Ancient Greece for his human conceit, sentenced for eternity to push a human size boulder to the top of a hill to gain his freedom. Camus claims that Sisyphus is the ideal absurd hero and that his punishment is representative of the human condition: Sisyphus must struggle perpetually and. Each atom of that stone, each mineral flake of that night-filled mountain, in itself, forms a world. This quote from Camus – French Resistance Fighter, author and philosopher – has long intrigued.
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