oh i wish it didn’t matter.
Camus wrote that the most important matter philosophy ever brought up is the problem of suicide. Absurdist thought was very important to me in high school, and Camus’ writing helped me a lot over the years. He likened the effort of living in an absurd universe to the myth of Sisyphus pushing his rock up the hill just to have it tumble down when he reaches the top. Camus believed Sisyphus was happy- that he continued his futile task in spite of the gods. Just as we continue the futile task of living in spite of the absurd. My thought […]