Myth of Sisyphus
Existentialism is a Humanism
In the Myth of Sisyphus the writer, Albert Camus, introduces the idea of the absurd. This absurd can be defined in one way as the desire for humans to discover the meaning of life. However, because the meaning of life is unknown, humans become caught up in an endless unsatisfied desire. Camus gets to the point in his writing that it is better to be happy with the monotony of life (Sisyphus rolling the bolder up and down the hill) rather than engage in an internal mental battle that the human mind will never win.
In Sartre's Existentialism is a Humanism he writes about the idea of existence preceding essence. First a person exists and everything that makes up that person besides his or her existence is secondary. The character of a person is determined by that person alone.
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