El Mito De Sisifo

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The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
well for me this small study of Greek mythology I really think about life and courage to be happy, the essay title comes from a troubled character from Greekmythology. In it, Camus discusses the issue of suicide and the value of life, presenting the myth of Sisyphus as a metaphor for wasted effort and relentless man.

This philosophy of the absurd plan,which holds that our lives are insignificant and have no more value than what we create. The world being as futile, Camus asks, what is the alternative to suicide? The essay begins: There is but onetruly serious philosophical problem: suicide.

The idea here is either the least in my opinion the "absurd man" or an "absurd sensitivity". It is one that appears perpetually conscious of the utterfutility of his life. It is also one who, incapable of understanding the world, is confronted at all times to this misunderstanding. The Rebel is, therefore, that you are at all times to the world. Thisrequires an ethic of quantity, not quality, which accumulate as many experiences.

  camus taught me to see that the largest number of experiences is just what would make sense not to deny theabsurd and the absurd OK, he says, is the only acceptable alternative. Accept the absurd, he says, is the only acceptable alternative to unjustifiable leap of faith that is the basis of all religions (andeven existentialism, Camus therefore not fully accepted). Taking advantage of numerous philosophical and literary sources, particularly Dostoevsky, Camus describes the historical progress of theconsciousness of the absurd and concludes that Sisyphus is the absurd hero final.
In his essay, Camus argues that Sisyphus experiences freedom for a brief moment when he has finished pushing the rock anddo not have to start back down. At that point, Sisyphus Camus felt that, despite being blind, knew that there were views of the landscape and should have found inspirational: "One must imagine...
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