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 to push a boulder up a hill forever, only to watch it roll back down each time. Camus concludes that Sisyphus can be imagined happy: recognizing the struggle itself, without hope of final success, is what it means to live with the absurd rather than escape it through suicide or false meaning.

— Albert Camus, Le Mythe de Sisyphe (The Myth of Sisyphus) — 1942
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