Fitness and Wellness: changing faces across a lifespan
Monday, January 12, 2015
1/11/2015
Walked 5 and change, 20lb vest. It was just a couple degrees above zero so bracing. Nice walk with the Spouse. Found a couple places where the wild turkeys cross the road. Saw a little mouse just sitting on the edge of the road. Kinda, cute.
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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