Ran it again yesterday and I was about 35 minutes. I was helping at a softball practice the other day and my watch was struck by an errant ball and the band exploded. Hence my keeping time has become a lot more approximate. I'd like to run it in 30 minutes. Yesterday was the closest I've come.
In the essay, Camus introduces his philosophy of the absurd: man's futile search for meaning, unity and clarity in the face of an unintelligible world devoid of God and eternity. Does the realization of the absurd require suicide? Camus answers: "No. It requires revolt." He then outlines several approaches to the absurd life. The final chapter compares the absurdity of man's life with the situation of Sisyphus, a figure of Greek mythology who was condemned to repeat forever the same meaningless task of pushing a rock up a mountain, only to see it roll down again. The essay concludes, "The struggle itself...is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy."
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What was you time? I do about 38 minutes. Can't be worse than that.
Ran it again yesterday and I was about 35 minutes. I was helping at a softball practice the other day and my watch was struck by an errant ball and the band exploded. Hence my keeping time has become a lot more approximate. I'd like to run it in 30 minutes. Yesterday was the closest I've come.
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