The Myth of Sisyphus

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The Myth of Sisyphus is a philosophical essay by Albert Camus that uses the Greek myth of Sisyphus to explore the concept of the absurd and the search for meaning in a meaningless world.

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instanceOf non-fiction book ⓘ
philosophical essay ⓘ
addresses conflict between human desire for meaning and silent universe ⓘ
limits of rational explanation ⓘ
relationship between reason and meaning ⓘ
author Albert Camus ⓘ
basedOn Greek myth of Sisyphus ⓘ
centralConcept absurd hero ⓘ
absurd reasoning ⓘ
metaphysical rebellion ⓘ
philosophical suicide ⓘ
conclusion one must imagine Sisyphus happy ⓘ
containsSection Absurd Creation ⓘ
An Absurd Reasoning ⓘ
linked to: the absurd

The Absurd Man ⓘ
The Myth of Sisyphus (concluding essay) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalInfluenceFrom Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ
Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ
Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ
influenced 20th-century existentialist thought ⓘ
literary criticism on existentialism ⓘ
philosophy of absurdism ⓘ
literaryGenre existentialist literature ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
mainTheme meaning of life ⓘ
rebellion ⓘ
suicide ⓘ
the absurd ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableEnglishTranslator Justin O’Brien ⓘ
notableQuestion Whether life is worth living ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
originalTitle Le Mythe de Sisyphe ⓘ
philosophicalPosition advocacy of revolt against the absurd ⓘ
life can be lived meaningfully without ultimate meaning ⓘ
rejection of suicide as a solution to the absurd ⓘ
philosophicalSchool absurdism ⓘ
publicationYear 1942 ⓘ
publisher Éditions Gallimard ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor The Rebel ⓘ
The Stranger ⓘ
setInContextOf World War II era ⓘ
structure collection of philosophical essays ⓘ
symbolizes human condition in a meaningless universe ⓘ
translatedInto English ⓘ
usesMyth Sisyphus eternally pushing a boulder uphill ⓘ

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The Myth of Sisyphus → containsSection → The Myth of Sisyphus (concluding essay) ⓘ
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Nausea → originalTitle → La Nausée ⓘ
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The Absurd Man → describedIn → The Myth of Sisyphus ⓘ
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