• fishos@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    All of the tasks are pointless. The boulder rolls down, the hotel for sure can accommodate him, the ship will be reborn. Which is most pointless seems to be the paradox now. “Is he happy?” implies that pointless tasks please him.

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      Is he happy refers to the end of Camus’ book The Myth of Sisyphus where he concludes “One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” The oft omitted penultimate line gives the meaning Camus was going for. “The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” So one does not have to make believe Sisyphus to be happy but one must consider him so.