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@lagrange5

Hi Sisyphus and Lori.

This is pretty serious stuff for a laughter discussion group and yet completely understandable.

I think it was the existentialist, Camus, who found salvation in the life imposed on Sisyphus. Sisyphus was condemned to forever push a boulder up a hill to the top, push it down over the crest, and retrieve it again to repeat the process. Where was the good in that? The positive in the scenario is when Sisyphus walks down the other side of the hill to retrieve the burdensome boulder. It is on the walk down the other side of the hill that he is free ,,, should he choose to do so... to enjoy a life unburdened from strugglingly up the hill pushing a boulder. That I believe is the lesson for everyone, especially those with any personal struggles.

Which brings us to Socrates, whose last words might have been "Don't drink the hemlock".

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annewoodmayo | @annewoodmayo | Jun 5, 2023

Hi Lagrange, Sisyphus and Lori ( and everybody else who stops to read this),
RE: Don't drink the Hemlock/ philosophy thread

You guys are working our brains as well as our funny bones!

I LOVE this Connect!

Lagrange, I'm too lazy and tired-eyed to research it further, but I do not recollect Sisyphus going down the other side of the hill. I thought the gods just made him start again every morning. I prefer the down-the-hill version-- How about that for a peculiar statement?

Have a great day, evyerone!

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