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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
I found this a little hard to get into at first, but once I did, it just opened up and flowed. Camus takes a practical approach to explaining absurdism and tells the reader how an absurd life is lived and how it is not. He gives examples that you can use in your own life, he gives credit to other authors who he draws from, he compares philosophers so you can think on your own as to whether you agree with him or not.
When you get to the section labeled The Myth of Sisyphus, you are right there in it. The whole thesis comes together and it is easy to understand why he uses this tale as a parable for absurdism. This is very much the introductory text into his philosophy and I find myself eager to push on and read The Rebel and his other work to more fully understand his point of view and see how it compares and contrasts to my own.
When you get to the section labeled The Myth of Sisyphus, you are right there in it. The whole thesis comes together and it is easy to understand why he uses this tale as a parable for absurdism. This is very much the introductory text into his philosophy and I find myself eager to push on and read The Rebel and his other work to more fully understand his point of view and see how it compares and contrasts to my own.
Not too much new here in terms of thoughts, but they are very well laid out. I think because it’s a bit older the ideas have been used and expanded upon a lot.
Je vais être honnête, j’ai été infiniment déçu par le Mythe de Sisyphe qu’on présente comme l’un des représentants de la pensée « de l’absurde ». Je n’ai pas réussi à apprécier sa manière d’écrire et je n’ai pas trouvé non plus d’idée qui soit originale dans cet essai. Sartre et Cioran abordent l’absurdité de l’existence avec plus de talent et d’originalité. Alors que Sartre s’est démarqué dans la Nausée en ayant donné une image de ce que signifie « exister», Cioran, quant à lui, s’est distingué par son talent à faire varier les formulations à travers toute son œuvre. Ainsi je prends un plaisir incommensurable à retrouver les mêmes idées chez Cioran mais exprimées de mille manières avec une telle perfection. Mais Camus, que dire ?
took me a while but honestly a great read all around
يه جاهاييشو هرچقد ميخوندم نميفهميدم و الان كه تمومش كردم مثه پازلى ميمونه كه چندتيكه ش گم شده و هرچند شكل كلى پازل پيداس اما دلم ميخواس تكميل تكميل ميشد . يه جاهايى جمله ها تو ذهنم نمينشستن ، نميدونم بازم مترجمو مقصر بدونم يا مشكل ذهن خودم بوده .. به هرحال خيلى هم با پوچى سروكار ندارم تو زندگيم جز يه مورد؛ اونم وقتيه كه كسى بپرسه هدفت تو زندگى چيه ؟ و ميشنوه : "هيچى ، هدفى ندارم ."
Eigenlijk zeven sterren waard, dit werk biedt kracht en moed waar de hoop ophoudt.
Camus finds purpose in the struggle and lifts humanity out of futility and into dignity.
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
My brain was as smooth as the boulder pushed up the hill before this book
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
slow-paced