Albert Camus, “The Myth of Sisyphus”
(1942)Christina Hendricks
Introduction to PhilosophyUniversity of British Columbia
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Albert Camus1913-1960
Camus in 1957, public domain on Wikimedia Commons
Albert Camus, drawing by SPDP, Flickr,licensed CC BY 2.0
“One must imagine Sisyphus happy”
Persephone supervising Sisyphus in the underworld, public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Ithsmus of Corinth map by EcoChap, Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0
Sisyphus, by Titian, public domain on Wikimedia Commons
“To the celestial thunderbolts he preferred the benediction of water.”
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Hypnos and Thanatos carrying Sarpedon while Hermes watches, public domain on Wikimedia Commons
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Persephone and Hades, by Marie-Lan Nguyen, Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY 2.5
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“Many years more he lived facing the curve of the gulf, the
sparkling sea, and the smiles of earth”…
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“His scorn of the gods, his hatred of death, and his passion for life
won him that unspeakable penalty …”
More infoChristina HendricksProfessor of Teaching, University of British Columbia-Vancouverhttp://chendricks.org
See here for slides with links for images: http://blogs.ubc.ca/chendricks/2017/03/19/video-camus/
