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Albert Camus: 3 ideas worth knowing

3 ideas from Albert Camus, each explained in a minute and credited to the original work. Free on Savvy.

• Camus says the only way to beat a meaningless task is to embrace it

  Sisyphus was condemned by the Greek gods to push a boulder up a mountain forever, watching it roll back down every time he neared the top. Albert Camus used the myth as a portrait …

  — Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

• A philosopher argued the only serious question is whether life is worth living at all

  Albert Camus opens his essay by declaring that judging whether life is worth living is philosophy's one truly urgent question, then examines the Greek myth of Sisyphus, condemned t…

  — Albert Camus, Le Mythe de Sisyphe (The Myth of Sisyphus)

• Camus said imagining a man endlessly pushing a boulder happy is the sane response

  In his 1942 essay, Albert Camus used the Greek myth of Sisyphus, condemned to eternally roll a boulder up a hill only to watch it roll back down, as a metaphor for human existence …

  — Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

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