I believe it’s supposed to be about Sisyphus rejecting the punishment by reclaiming his internal world from the gods. Meaning, their power over him and ability to punish him have failed.
It strikes me as almost Buddhist, but it could totally be a “suck it up and keep moving boxes -Amazon” message too.
Its Camus, a famed French existentialist, so the buddist take is likely more in line with his intent. The core premise of his philosophy is that life has no instrinsic meaning, so you have to make your own with the radical, total freedom you have as a thinking being.
I believe it’s supposed to be about Sisyphus rejecting the punishment by reclaiming his internal world from the gods. Meaning, their power over him and ability to punish him have failed.
It strikes me as almost Buddhist, but it could totally be a “suck it up and keep moving boxes -Amazon” message too.
Its Camus, a famed French existentialist, so the buddist take is likely more in line with his intent. The core premise of his philosophy is that life has no instrinsic meaning, so you have to make your own with the radical, total freedom you have as a thinking being.