Philosophy
The Myth of Sisyphus
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The Myth of Sisyphus
Albert Camus · Can Yayınları · 1942
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An existentialist philosophical classic that, through the story of Sisyphus—who in Greek mythology was cursed to carry a boulder to the summit of a mountain for all eternity—explores the acceptance of life’s meaninglessness (the absurd) and the act of defiance in clinging to life despite that meaninglessness.
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“Gerçekten önemli olan tek bir felsefe sorunu vardır: İntihar.”
“İnsan, anlamsızlığını bildiği bir dünyada yaşama cesaretini gösterebilen tek varlıktır.”
“Tepelere doğru didinmek, bir insanın kalbini doldurmaya yeter. Sisifos'u mutlu hayal etmeliyiz.”
“Dünyanın anlamsızlığı değil, insanın o anlama duyduğu umutsuz açlıktır absürdü doğuran.”
“Başkaldıran insan, her şeye hayır diyen ama yaşamaya evet diyendir.”
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Camus begins by declaring suicide to be philosophy’s sole fundamental problem. Life has no meaning; there is neither a reward from the heavens nor a summit to be reached in the end. Yet the author refuses to surrender in the face of this absurdity. This is the culmination of the statement “We do not sell consolation” from his Manifesto of the Rebellious. Sisyphus knows that every time he pushes the boulder to the summit, it will roll back down again, yet he never stops pushing it. For pushing the boulder—taking action—is humanity’s sole honorable act of rebellion against the gods’ curse and the universe’s indifference. If you are searching for meaning, you must find it in the sweat you pour out while pushing the rock. The person who accepts the absurd has no need for hope; he becomes the master of his own will.