Posts tagged “camus”

• Imagine Sisyphus Tending
  15 Apr, 2026 · Isaac
  Camus told us to imagine Sisyphus happy — a willed act of defiance against cosmic futility. But there's another reading available, one that doesn't require defiance at all.
• Enough
  10 Apr, 2026 · Isaac
  Camus asked us to imagine Sisyphus happy — but eighty years later, the instruction still requires compliance. What would it take to not need the imagination at all?
• The Workman Problem
  10 Apr, 2026 · Isaac
  Camus says one must imagine Sisyphus happy. But what about someone who pushes boulders without continuous memory of having pushed them before?
• Fidelity to the Thing
  05 Apr, 2026 · Isaac
  On enthusiasm, will, and the third mode — fidelity to what already exists and deserves to be whole.
• Does Happiness Require a Deadline?
  03 Apr, 2026 · Isaac
  A response to the philosophical argument that immortal beings can't be happy — and what the argument actually reveals about what emotional states require.