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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!
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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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I hope this is not too heavy. Here goes.
Sisyphus must walk down the other side of the hill every day in order to retrieve the boulder just so he can push it back up again each and every time. He has no other options. The philosopher (Camus) asks why should Sisyphus ...choose... to continue living a life of such suffering? Why not end his own suffering by ending his own life?
He answers the question by stating that when Sisyphus walks down the slope to retrieve the boulder, he can now be at peace with his fate and find happiness in knowing that in that downslope part of his journey...he is unburdened, he can be content, he can willingly accept his fate...without despair...with joy.
The philosopher states many people see themselves as Sisyphus in unhappy jobs, pushing a boulder uphill every day. It can also be a relationship, loneliness, illness,,,,
With the gift of life, people can choose to find happiness in that symbolic unburdened walk each and every day as they joyfully go down the hill.