The Myth of Sisyphus

“Camus said, I believe, in "Myth of Sisyphus," "the only way to deal with an unfree world, is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."”

“Camus said in 'The Myth of Sisyphus' that 'the only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.'”

“and that particular a robot who's doing a particular task realizes you know this like realizes that's the existential question this the myth of sisyphus question that uh camus writes about it's like is this all there is because he moves butter”

“that particular a robot who's doing a particular task realizes you know this like realizes that's the existential question this the myth of sisyphus question that camus writes about it's like is this all there is”

“or reading the plague by Camus like almost kind of telling narratives and stories”

“plus there's a book I recommend people read is um by Albert Camus called the plague that he wrote right after World War two is I don't know if you know if he is he's like an existentialist philosopher”

“and it's funny because I reread the myth of Sisyphus which I've been recommending to people”

“and i was going to rework camus the myth of sisyphus”

“the myth of sisyphus which i had remembered incorrectly is actually just a five like seven five to seven page like coda to the whole book at the very end”

“If we read one Camus, we'll read The Myth of Sisyphus, right? Cuz that's the one thing to read.”

“I think Kimu talks about a few examples at the beginning of the myth of Sephus, doesn't he?”

“Another thing Kimu says is that the meaning of life is literally whatever is keeping you from killing yourself.”

“And it captures a lot of people's attention because even people who aren't feeling suicidal are like, "Whoa, yeah, that's interesting." You know, and they they just want to read about it in a in a relatively straightforward way. I unfortunately think it's pretty overhyped, the myth of Seisphus.”

“So the myth of Cisphus in Kamu's writing is meant to symbolize this kind of it's meant to stand in for us all.”

“I mean, to me, you know, I read Camus, and particularly in the "Myth of Sisyphus," kind of as a parable that, and it's the same lesson that I think,”

“To me, reading Camus, particularly in 'The Myth of Sisyphus,' serves as a parable.”

“so he and one of the existentialists was Camu and Camu had written this book called The Plague”

“the myth of sisyphus which is a sort of essay it's published as a book”

“and for years i didn't teach camus because the famous thing that you're referring to the myth of sisyphus which is a sort of essay it's published as a book”

“albert camus in the myth of sisyphus says that for the man who does not cheat what he determines to be true must determine his actions and that sentence almost single-handedly made me go vegan”

“camus who's one of my great heroes albert camus there was just who's albert he wrote the stranger”

“and then i bought uh the stranger by camu that i started yesterday because i just finished the gentleman in moscow”

“But then it was Albert Camus, the philosopher, who said he was able to outsmart the gods one more time. And that's if you imagine that Sisyphus was smiling. And this is the part I love. He said, because the struggle alone is enough to fill a man's heart.”

“i best familiar with his book the myth of sisyphus in which he kind of explains the the myth of sisyphus”

“And he writes this this short treatise called The Myth of Sisyphus, based on an actual ancient myth of Sisyphus, who was condemned by the gods as punishment to roll a boulder up a hill, and when it gets to the top, it rolls back down again, and he goes back down, and he pushes the boulder up to the”

“so Albert Camus the stranger written by someone whose mum was deaf and he was brought up in it in echo like really weird like silent environment and you can feel that in his writing”