How To Find Beauty In Everything? - The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus: Explained

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The Myth of Sisyphus, a 1942 philosophical essay by Albert Camus answers one of life's most fundamental questions. How to find beauty in everything?
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Influenced by philosophers such as Søren Kierkegaard, Arthur Schopenhauer, and Friedrich Nietzsche, Camus introduces his philosophy of the absurd, that life is inherently devoid of meaning and consequently absurd, but humans will nevertheless forever search for meaning.
Camus compares the absurdity of man's life with the situation of Sisyphus, a figure of Greek mythology who was condemned to repeat forever the same meaningless task of pushing a boulder up a mountain, only to see it roll down again.
Camus claims that when Sisyphus acknowledges the futility of his task and the certainty of his fate, he is freed to realize the absurdity of his situation and to reach a state of contented acceptance. With a nod to the similarly cursed Greek hero Oedipus, Camus concludes that "all is well," indeed, that "one must imagine Sisyphus happy."
The Myth of Sisyphus, through a chapter from the Greek mythology and Greek philosophy teaches us the way to find beauty in everything, and effortlessly stay in the present moment.
The Myth of Sisyphus is also sometimes referred to as The Philosophy of the Absurd, The Absurd Man or The Absurd Hero. Sometimes a challenging task is also referred to as Sisyphean Task. The phrase originated from this philosophical essay.
How To Find Beauty In Everything? - The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus: Explained
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@NorthernDiaries 4 года назад

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@john-by5pn 4 года назад

i live in greece and no joke my streets name is sisyphu

@ninavinterova9875 3 года назад

Isn't it absurd how a book about hopelessness, death and the uselessness of life can be so inspiring and calming?

@NorthernDiaries 3 года назад

Very true.

@IFYOUWANTITGOGETIT 3 года назад

Enlightenment and acceptance has a calming effect.

@gjcheong 3 года назад

There you have it! The absurdity of life.

@belcantoarias853 4 года назад

Since the first time I read Albert Camus' s essay on "The Myth of Sisyphos" a few years ago, it never left me and has been accompanying me since. Thank you so much to have highlightened the essentiel beauty of this great peace of art, by bringing it to life in our contemporary being in the here and now.

@NorthernDiaries 4 года назад

Thank you for watching :)

@jhunt5578 4 года назад

I love Albert Camus. Excellent video as always. Thank you for the reminder... "One must imagine *Sisyphus happy"*

@jvlchz 2 месяца назад

Thank you

@jackransell 3 года назад

I create a narrative each day. I feel i must do that because I am not happy. Yourself along with Camus brought upon me a day of reckoning, most of my day is filled with the mundane things. I'm taking a break to weep, before I begin pushing my rock again. Shall happiness within the mundane become my rock.

@kennedywolfe3689 4 года назад

This is beautiful. Thank you

@TransmutationAustralia 4 года назад

One must imagine Sisyphus happy. Absurdly cool...

@James-yp6lu Год назад

👏👏👏

@rubyowl1323 4 года назад

Damn. That was powerful, Camus is maybe my favorite philosopher. He's taught me to see life in a different way by showing that life is truly about the journey of living, day to day. Like Camus for me I don't need an exact answer as to why I'm here or what my purpose is, but that simply my life is my why! Any moment can be of beauty or hold meaning but that ultimately is always up to you. Like you said most of our lives are made up of mundane tasks but if everything you do has value to you then life becomes a lot different. A lot of people don't really take advantage of such a mindset, and I think it can truly change ones perspective. It's certainly not easy when the people surrounding you seem to always go with the flow of life and follow the social norms. That is completely fine but just personally makes it hard to really do the things you want to do in life. I don't want to be that person who says "I just don't know where the time went, it just flew by". I want to live a full life with value in every moment but it's definitely hard with the society we're in and social pressures that people put on us. Yeah long comment but I just had to get that out of me.😄 Great visuals and content. This one really hit me, keep up the great work.

@NorthernDiaries 4 года назад

Thanks for your comment! And yes true, it is definitely a balance to doing what you love and going with the flow. I feel like you should definitely strive for what you want to do, and make every effort, but enjoy the journey along the way.

@rubyowl1323 4 года назад

@@NorthernDiaries 💯

@veganphilosopher1975 3 года назад

But what if life is full of pain, does Camus argue that suicide is wrong?

@richardsantanna5398 3 года назад

I absolutely agree. It's important to one's health and one's honesty to oneself to accept the absurdity of life. And to appreciate it.

@drishtirastogi8535 3 года назад

@@veganphilosopher1975 I feel I can answer this but not confident enough to actually do. I desperately need someone of a better philosophical stature to answer this because it really is a great question, veryy thought provoking!🙌

@saurovrc 4 года назад

Damn that's an excellent piece of work. It is so relevant in today's world thanks for putting this out there.

@NorthernDiaries 3 года назад

Glad you liked it :)

@timrob62 4 года назад

I've been exposed to several sources that reference the famous Camus essay. It clicked with me, and I have found myself referring to it, but I never actually read it. I decided to actually read it, but as with so many other philosophical writings, I am finding it damn near impenetrable. The only time I start to get a grasp of what he is saying is when he offers concrete examples (like the one about the guy in the phone booth.) So frustrating. Surely I'm not this stupid. Well, maybe I am. I just wish that there was a video that explained HOW to read such writings rather than just describing what the author supposedly meant.

@oliverhardman3513 3 года назад

Start with the greeks and move forward from there. To give a math metaphor, to start with Camu is like starting with multiplication without understanding addition.

@veganphilosopher1975 3 года назад

Its not just complicated but its LONG. And in my opinion not enough concrete examples

@naem1728 3 года назад

I feel exactly the same. I absolutely love the ideas of absurdism and what Camus says, I love that way of living the life, it is exactly the philosophyI needed because of my personality, but when I read the book I just felt like there was something missing. I really liked reading it because it’s beautifully written but the reason for why I read it wasn’t there for me. I found it really hard to understand. And it’s really frustrating because I can see the parts that I want to understand and the most important parts that express the idea but I can’t fully understand it. I thought it was going to click, like it was going to get into me and never leave but it didn’t happen. I guess i’m going to read it again in a few years, but yeah I get what you mean.

@edu6661x 3 года назад

Just read the book a few weeks ago, and had similar feelings of frustration as you guys are mentioning. Personally, I'm not used to reading essays so I guess that plays a role. Also, I don't think that what Camus writes is something easy to understand. I'll give my brain a few weeks or months to process the book, and then I'll read it again. Hopefully it will make much more sense and I'll be able to enjoy it more deeply.

@Meleeman011 3 года назад

i always think about eating when i'm cooking, thats why i always eat before i cook

@NorthernDiaries 3 года назад

SMORT!

@fstover5208 2 года назад

You know, Camus ended up believing in God. That isn't generally known.

@naingchanmyae 4 года назад

I once made a presentation about existentialists in my uni. It was awesome, teacher loved it.

@KiraLou06 2 года назад

Mr. Sisyphus gets to have a break when the boulder is rolling down.

@falcons83 Год назад

This book found me at exactly the right time. I noticed in the last year or so being overwhelmed by how beautiful everything is, especially the mundane. And reading this validates my feeling and strengthens my sense of self

@lobosolo2884 3 года назад

“Watching ants crawl.” That’s me.

@raygreen5926 Год назад

" Life is the funny thing that happens to you on the way to the graveyard " Quentin Crisp....an Englishman in New York 🇬🇧🤔🇬🇧💀

@phibie8853 4 года назад

Moments pass by before we know it, so we must enjoy those moments. In my opinion, the meaning of life is simply to live. Live and enjoy each moment while you live, even the little things. It's not the destination that brings meaning and happiness, it's the journey, a constant goal that we are working for and accomplishing daily just by living and trying to enjoy the life we live.

@Rudrakxh Год назад

"In the face of such contradictions and obscurities must be conclude that there is no relationship between the opinion one has about life and the act one commits to leave it" ~Albert camus (The Myth of Sisyphus)

@NorthernDiaries Год назад

Thanks for sharing :)

@noexcuses5524 3 дня назад

So how to see everything as beautiful when it's actually aren't fr instance the covid 19, natural disasters, war, etc? How can we see the beauty of those things?

@BenTrem42 2 месяца назад

🙂 I tripped over the realization that the forest of abstract concepts the Camus put down are actually typical of how he describes his view of things! :-) p.s. what I just commented in another setting: _"#DarkAge? I've boiled it down (just a theory!) that samsaric entanglements are actually (neurotic) coping tactics, to evade confusion, passion and aggression." It's evading imagined misery that causes real suffering! cheers p.s. calm and stable ... rather than happy? ;-)

@donbarile8916 Год назад

Has anyone considered just putting the boulder down? Just drop it. Well? Is that absurd?

@mayflowerlash11 4 года назад

Ahhhh the futility of life. It doesn't pay to look too closely. How do we find the will to persevere when all is futile? Live one day at a time I guess.

@NorthernDiaries 4 года назад

The futility is not a sad thing, actually on the contrary. The futility is freeing and a thing to cherish!

@mayflowerlash11 4 года назад

@@NorthernDiaries It is a short trip from thinking every thing is futile to not caring about anything. Including what happens to a loved one, your partner or your children. And about ourselves. If life is pointless why make any effort to do anything? Are we really programmed by evolution to care for a partner and love our children just so they can grow up and reproduce themselves hence pass on their genes? I know I make some assumptions. But to a large extent our behaviour is driven by biology and the need to pass on genetic material.

@compilationsmania451 4 года назад

@@mayflowerlash11 I agree. A couple of months ago, in a depressed stupor, I accidentally thought too much about the nature of existence and over a period of a couple of weeks, the futility became clear to me. Now, I wish I hadn't thought so damn hard. The absurdity is definitely not 'freeing' in my eyes. It feels like life grabbing my nutsack and saying, "I'm going to keep grabbing your nuts and I'm not gonna stop no matter how much you want me to, so you might as well start liking it". It just makes me realise how much not in control we all are, and how each and everything we humans have built including civilisations, religions, money and entertainment is just a distraction from that fact and a way to keep us running on the hamster wheel by making us think we're in control.

@TheBackyardChemist 3 года назад

@@mayflowerlash11 "Are we really programmed by evolution to care for a partner and love our children just so they can grow up and reproduce themselves hence pass on their genes?" I am sorry for what I am about to say. Truely I am. But yes, we are.

@mayflowerlash11 3 года назад

@@TheBackyardChemist I agree with your comment. However while the determinism implied in our genes leads to futility in struggling to do better, we could also consider the words of Richard Dawkins in the narration of the rock opera "The Greatest Show On Earth" by the Finnish group Nightwish. The narration is in three parts, the first two are Dawkins words and the second of these is truly arresting. It starts, "We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones." The third part is actually the final paragraph in Darwins "Origin of species". Back to Dawkins, how are we the lucky ones if we are destined to die? Because the probability that our particular genome sequence came into existence is incredibly small. A different sperm or egg and we specifically would not exist. We should relish the fact of our existence. I have oscillated between the futility of our existence and the awe at the probability of being alive. It seems there is no middle ground. What a life.

@DogandDogpod 4 месяца назад

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@doganddogshorts 4 месяца назад

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@SobiaAhmed-vb6kp Год назад

I need your help Can you guide me Our teacher gave us presentation on topic " absurdism" We are three members but we are confused how to divide this one into three members Can you plz guide us which things should include into the topic of " absurdism"

@davidkinney867 10 месяцев назад

Camus finds a way to interpret the absurd in a positive way but fails to take into account the perfectly horrible unlivable lives of others that we must resolve in some way to be human.

@Wotswiv 4 года назад

So, we must imagine Sisyphus happy - even though we know he would be miserable. It seems the key to dealing with the absurd is self-delusion.

@Wotswiv 4 года назад

@@chandlerholcomb8280 ok so you discard the perspectives that bring us pain... What about physical pain? How do you tell someone with constant physical pain to smile?

@awotnot 4 года назад

your comments seems to dwell on the pain of carrying a rock uphill - combined with having to do it over and over again and the pointlessless of it all ... but it's a metaphor and thus painless to us to hear it - and it is being in each moment - no matter what - that is important if someone is in constant pain - then it must be awful for them ... that's why enjoying all of the moments when we are not in pain should be so precious

@sammypammy7207 4 года назад

@@Wotswiv you don't tell somebody to do something. But if we are given a choice, and most of us are, we can decide to smile or not. I have a friend who is paralyzed and in agony almost every day, and he still can laugh and smile and play games. Sometimes the pain can overwhelm him, and sometimes he can overwhelm the pain.

@sausage4mash 2 года назад

people who imagine him happy are people who have never pushed a bolder up a hill

@jonpaul3868 Год назад

@@sausage4mashcorrect😂 more like people that puff cigs, drink champagne and eat baguette in the sunset of Paris.

@WillemJanWolf 4 года назад

Im reading the book at the moment, before this I read the stranger. Anyways, its a hard to read the essay and understand everything he says. I think you did a very good job explaining it. Especially the analogies. Hopefully your channel grows and you get to make more of this! Cheers buddy!

@Fatcatcentral1519 4 года назад

Sisyphus is happy.. what a revelation! I wish I could be your pen pal, it’s be wonderful to discuss these experiences.

@ضحكولعبمعسمسم Месяц назад

I liked the way you made this video.

@modvs1 Год назад

Sucks to not have aspergers...

@knighthawk2062 3 года назад

Could someone explain why Sisyphus should be happy please? I feel like I'm right there but it's not clicking... 😅

@trevorherbertson7281 3 года назад

Consider the alternative.

@Sebbir Год назад

I mean Sisyphus gets to watch a bolder roll down a hill. That sounds pretty cool to me

@NorthernDiaries Год назад

Will it be “cool” for eternity?

@cloudsofwonder7004 2 года назад

Happiness is in loving Life

@oreliaxo5091 4 года назад

2 videos in one month? I'm loving it! This message is such an important one that often gets lost on us from time to time...it's good to remember to be in the moment, enjoy the small things

@NorthernDiaries 4 года назад

Thanks to the quarantine!

@smokingpyro 4 года назад

Beautiful video, such a shame that so few people see your videos, best of luck in growing your channel and spreading your message.

@NorthernDiaries 4 года назад

I am also not constant. Hopefully from now on I will be. Plus I doubt that the topics I deal with appeal to a wide range of audience.

@smokingpyro 4 года назад

@@NorthernDiaries the audience is there my friend, its only a matter of getting recognized, keep doing your thing and results will come!

@Gustavo_Ramos 4 года назад

had to check, thought I was on Caspian Report lol

@Philentropy Год назад

song in intro?

@Goldenbridge-qj9rg Год назад

Im enjoying this video while eating is that ok?

@NorthernDiaries Год назад

Haha that’s perfectly ok.

@muhammaddawood4382 4 года назад

I always had a Question, I know Its Kind of Dumb but If someone answers it would be of great help. "Does Sissyphus know his Punishment is Eternal?" Like when he is rolling the stone on top of mountain does he know that its gonna roll down again or does he have Hope that One day he would Succeed. Was he told his punishment is eternal???

@malerei9270 4 года назад

I think he pretty much figured it out after the 1000'th time doing it 😅

@3ala2dib81 3 года назад

@@malerei9270 😂

@basedokadaizo Год назад

this is a good question though! would Sisyphus feel more fulfilled in the lie of "one day, i will push the boulder to the top, i just have to keep trying"? or would he find more fulfillment somehow in "i will never stop doing this, but i will never die, thus i prefer this eternal punishment"?

@jackshort9772 10 месяцев назад

Cheese!!!!!!

@0g00n8 Год назад

My guy, what music did you use? Love your vid man

@NorthernDiaries Год назад

Hey. I used a royalty free track from RU-vid Audio Library, not sure about the name.

@seanmahoney 4 года назад

Just finding this video...after watching an episode of Fargo oddly enough...I’ve always been an existentialist by nature...a welcomed serendipitous moment...thank you, video is awesome

@NorthernDiaries 4 года назад

Thank you! Fargo, if you mean the first season with Martin Freeman, then that's one of my favourite TV. Deliciously existential.

@Tegarbrill 4 месяца назад

This video is amazing, meaningful

@NorthernDiaries 4 месяца назад

I am glad. Thank you :)

@kanaka228 Год назад

Iam a hindu from India. We do have a similar story. But the person is not cruel. People call him lunatic. But now there is a temple consecrated on his name. A lamp is lit by his follwing generations understanding the philosophy of climbing up the high mountsin and rolling the boulder down bursting out with lsughter. Meaning the fraility of life.

@NorthernDiaries Год назад

Hi. Can you please name what you are referring to? I am from India too and I was brought up in Hindu faith. I don't identify with any religion now, but I am curious to know what you are referring to.

@kanaka228 Год назад

@@NorthernDiaries It is from Kerala. Character was named Narayanan. People called him Naranathu bhrandan. In malayalam 'bhrandan' means insane. His father was Vararuchi. He was a great scholar in the court if King Vikramaditya.

@biancabest6028 6 месяцев назад

Beautiful. Thank you.

@NorthernDiaries 6 месяцев назад

☺

@felixamaya-spornitz7813 4 года назад

I never comment on RU-vid videos, but I have to here. This was an incredible video. Camus is also a favourite of mine, and this essay might be my favourite piece of writing of all time. Had to subscribe.

@NorthernDiaries 4 года назад

Thank you and welcome :)

@ANagaStory 4 года назад

Thank you :)

@NorthernDiaries 4 года назад

Thanks for watching :)

@isabellamoles1607 2 года назад

LOVE.

@martinhurtado8542 4 года назад

The insignificant makes it worth living

@vinnie1180 Год назад

this video is endlessly beautiful

@NorthernDiaries Год назад

Thank you :)

@RaeezTheDeadPoet 4 года назад

This is by far the most important video out there. Loved every second.

@NorthernDiaries 4 года назад

Thank you :)

@neomagnon 4 года назад

That is called ILLUSION. We think we are the physical body and that our life and pursuit of meaning and happiness is In connection with gratifying the mind and senses. Most agreed the highest pleasure that one can experience in this world is sexual pleasure. We tend to lose ourselves in “high heavens” with this fleeting experience. But, we are not the physical body but eternal, undying spirit souls. Our body is our temporary vehicle made of flesh and bones. There is a distinction between the two. The body is a clump of dead chemicals and will eventually die, designed to be destroyed. It has no awareness, consciousness of its own. The spirit soul lives eternally and forever conscious. The body immediately dies when the spirit soul leaves it behind. Science had already discovered that the body totally changes every 5-7 years. We get a totally new body many times depending on our life span. We are the unchanging witness to our experiences. “The soul can never be cut to pieces by any weapon, nor burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind. The soul is eternal, ever-existing , undying and primeval. The soul is not slain when the body is slain.” - Bhagavad Gita We can try to gratify our mind and senses, but they will never be totally fulfilled. Where do you think the innate, intrinsic nature of the spirit soul to love and be loved came from? It is a very strong driving force that propels us to be happy. But, it cannot be satisfied by matter. It’s like a splinter bothering the mind and heart, that Camus said, cannot be answered by the world. So, he just let go of fighting it, instead accepting everything that comes and take them as happiness - a rebellion. When our body is suffering with excruciating cancer, he said, just enjoy it. When we are heart broken and on the verge of suicide, just be happy. Just go with the flow of life. Imagining that Sisyphus is happy despite his miserable ordeal. Understanding that we are not the body, our goal should be on the spiritual realm. That’s where the meaning of life can be found, where real lasting happiness is overflowing. Unlike in this world, the happiness we know are illusions,delusions that sometimes, we are so miserable and suicidal even in the middle of doing it, like sex, alcohol drugs, and so on. No matter how we squeeze that ounce of happiness, nothing can satisfy the enormous longing we nurse in our hearts. Camus was looking in the wrong places.

@mbilal6462 4 года назад

rishab tibon can u suggest any books ?

@neomagnon 4 года назад

@@mbilal6462 Bhagavad Gita - as it is purported by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami. This book is the essence of the Vedas (knowledge) written 5000 years ago. www.asitis.com/

@Noor-jw2tn 2 года назад

In your opinion. 😁

@neomagnon 2 года назад

@@Noor-jw2tn actually, I don't have my own opinion. The facts that I have written here were taken from the Vedas (written more than 5000 years ago - Srimad Bhagavatam, Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads, Samhitas, etc). Modern science also confirmed we change our bodies many times completely through metabolism - the food we eat, the air we breathe, the water we drink.. You have to cite what do you "think" is wrong in the statement to engage in a worthwhile discussion. :)

@julianatrapkova1736 2 года назад

In the Bible it says : don’t throw your pearls to the pigs

@dominickbisozio4285 4 года назад

Thank you for doing this video

@NorthernDiaries 4 года назад

Thanks for watching :)

@RapShitBen 2 месяца назад

🔥🔥🔥🔥

@jonkypuff8915 4 года назад

Nicee

@luissoriano8850 3 года назад

How come this channel doesn't have more subscribers? Some may say it is absurd... Am I right fellas?

@NorthernDiaries 3 года назад

Yes! I concur.

@viky2002 3 года назад

Wouldn't it be boring and depressing if life has a predetermined meaning ? Isn't it more exciting for life to be a chance to discover, to find, to create, to be free, to explore, to experience.

@NorthernDiaries 3 года назад

I mean, one could argue that every decision you ever make is because of all the events of your life, leading up to that point. But the illusion of free will is FUN.

@username-ek1kd 3 года назад

Amazing content! well explained

@NorthernDiaries 3 года назад

Thank you :)

@MomusFilms 4 года назад

Very nice video.

@Badlighter 7 месяцев назад

Thank you.

@NorthernDiaries 6 месяцев назад

@vipanrana2919 4 года назад

👌👌👌👌

@yashwanthjselvam 4 года назад

அருமையான வீடியோ

@NorthernDiaries 4 года назад

நன்றி!

@BURPEEyogauncle 2 года назад

The journey IS the destination. Lao tze. One must imagine Albert and Lao is having a grand conversation somewhere. Yr video made me tear up. LIFE is beautiful.

@selfademus 3 года назад

in no universe is Sisyphus happy.

@asadawutsoh2187 3 года назад

Are we just gonna ignore that Sisyphus is getting stronger by the day?

@selfademus 3 года назад

Asadawut Soh acknowledged... but this is Hades, yo. 'aint no muscle worth a gawdamn... and anyway, dude is waay too unhappy. every part of his experience could and would only compound with his malaise.

@Igor-my6ml 4 года назад

Great video.

@NorthernDiaries 4 года назад

Thanks!

@junior-us9oz Год назад

DOPEEE FILM

@NorthernDiaries Год назад

Thanks :)

@riachoudhary4518 4 года назад

I hardly ever comment on youtube, but this video was such a delight to watch and learn, thank you for making this.

@NorthernDiaries 4 года назад

Thank you :) Means a lot!

@joevanlear7566 Год назад

Bravo 👏

@NorthernDiaries Год назад

Thank you :)

@trakyaliibrahim 3 года назад

If true knowledge is impossible and rationality and science cannot explain the world, then Camus has to be wrong himself too. Because he can't know true knowledge and his rationality cannot explain the world. Camus premises are rationality and true knowledge. Even in order to write this comment, I and you the reader, we assume that rationality can explain things and that there in fact is something like true knowledge. A conclusion that claims rationality can't explain the world and that true knowledge is impossible, is by its own nature a rational conclusion that claims to be true. Which is why philosophies like this are half-baked and collapse in on themselves the moment you think one step further.

@Wardoon 4 года назад

Amazing video production and book commentary

@NorthernDiaries 4 года назад

Thanks 🙏

@AragonaAlessandro 3 года назад

THE MUNDANE IS BEAUTIFUL BEYOND WORDS???? WE MUST LIVE IN DIFFERENT PLANETS THEN....

@revolioclockbergjr8482 3 года назад

Truth is crippling and delusion the only cure. Take the blue pill, there's nothing.

@Morokiane 2 года назад

"We live on the future: “tomorrow,” “later on,” “when you have made your way,” “you will understand when you are old enough.” Such irrelevancies are wonderful, for, after all, it’s a matter of dying. Yet a day comes when a man notices or says that he is thirty. Thus he asserts his youth. But simultaneously he situates himself in relation to time. He takes his place in it. He admits that he stands at a certain point on a curve that he acknowledges having to travel to its end. He belongs to time, and by the horror that seizes him, he recognizes his worst enemy. Tomorrow, he was longing for tomorrow, whereas everything in him ought to reject it. That revolt of the flesh is the absurd."

@cannavacciuolo4532 4 года назад

Thanks for this! Clear explaination and interesting concept!

@DylanGash1 Год назад

Wonderful

@NorthernDiaries Год назад

Thank you :)

@christostatsis4371 4 года назад

A beautiful video. This is one of the little things that I've enjoyed in my day. Thanks :)

@NorthernDiaries 3 года назад

@veganphilosopher1975 3 года назад

Beautiful film but I honestly dont see the point of the argument. Life is meaningless. Life is beautiful. Sisyphus has to push a rock up a mountain. But he's alive. So he is happy.

@Armyjay Год назад

Excellent 👍🏼 It’s great to hear people, or you, talk about these things, truths.

@Endymion766 2 года назад

Easy for Camus to say that when he's not the one made to roll a boulder up a mountain every day for thousands of years. The best way to cope with the punishment of Sisyphus, is to not be Sisyphus.

@heekyungkim8147 4 года назад

My existence is mundane...

@NorthernDiaries 4 года назад

and mundane is beautiful :)

@navitalian 3 года назад

My friends, until you are engaged in something no matter how absurd or how stupid you will find life alright. The problem arises always once you get conscious of the absurdity of your life. We are habit animal that the habit itself gives us a sense to live which is at the end probably the most absurd. I do not even see it as a philosophical problem or notion. I see this as the truth of life. We are all Sisyphuses pushing our stone, until we push we find a sense in it , illusory but as soon we stop pushing , the consciousness reminds us the absurdity of our lives. Have you noticed how many men after being retired , soon die? But not the women. Pushing the stupid stone is the sense of our life, the absurdity !

@3ala2dib81 3 года назад

someone tell me how a suicide can be enjoyable in itself?

@Black-dog-likes-walks 4 года назад

I’m currently working through this book. But did Camus actually conclude that the mundane is beautiful and that, therefore, is the argument against suicide? Against the belief that “life is not worth living”?

@eternity9691 4 года назад

This is so beautiful and moving ♥️♥️

@NorthernDiaries 4 года назад

Thanks!

@eternity9691 4 года назад

@@NorthernDiaries was really bothered reading the first few pages of the book. And this insight came from the divine !

@gchelem Год назад

What a magnificent depiction of the absurd. You are one of the rare youtuber to have actually understood the absurd described by Camus. There are too many videos talking about life being absurd. I hope people will watch yours to get their misconception corrected. i will show it to my students.