"One always finds one's burden again." - Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus Let's start with a little mythology. This week's episode of Fargo, "The Myth of Sisyphus," borrows the title of an Albert ...
In French philosopher Albert Camus’ essay “The Myth of Sisyphus,” from which this week’s episode of “Fargo” takes its name, he speaks at length about his philosophy of the absurd. To Camus, living in ...
I first met Albert Camus in the fall of 1980, when I was a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania. I say met because it felt that personal to me. His 1942 provocation “The Myth of Sisyphus” was ...
Albert Camus, French-Algerian philosopher and novelist, emphasized that the pursuit of happiness can prevent true contentment in The Myth of Sisyphus (1942). The Nobel laureate argued that if one ...
The National Interest: What the “the Myth of Sisyphus” Tells Us About the Coronavirus
Albert Camus was a 20th century French Algerian thinker who won the Nobel Prize for his literary works. These days it is his novel The Plague that has naturally been receiving attention. In this essay ...
Mint: Quote of the day by Albert Camus on pursuit of happiness: ‘You will never be happy if….’
Quote of the day by Albert Camus on pursuit of happiness: ‘You will never be happy if….’
Publishers Weekly: A Life Worth Living: Albert Camus and the Quest for Meaning
University of Houston historian Zaretsky offers an invigorating blend of history, criticism, and biography in a stirring reassessment of the Nobel Prize–winning existentialist writer Albert Camus.