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Post by jarelyrebollar on Jun 7, 2024 19:23:38 GMT
I think that the ancient Greek myth of Sisyphus is a prominent example of Existentialism. My reasoning is, that Sisyphus pushes a rock up a hill as punishment for trying to stop Death multiple times. The French philosopher Albert Camus believed that Sisyphus would feel free and happy if he ever realized his punishment was absurd.
The moral of the myth from the perspective of an existentialist is that there is no greater meaning in life but what we give it. Accepting that the universe has no intrinsic meaning allows us to let go of artificial expectations.
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Post by gnicholson3 on Jun 11, 2024 16:41:27 GMT
The idea that life only holds the meaning that we apply is strange to think of as a concept. We have theologians, religious groups, scientists and others who strive to find the reasons why we exist and why we're here and it seems so absurd in itself. If we apply this idea to those people, their jobs are all very absurd and, yet I feel that most of them probably enjoy their jobs quite a bit. The meanings that we, humans, apply to things are so silly.
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Post by gillianlaird on Jun 12, 2024 19:48:08 GMT
I really like this take, Jarely. Our lives are exactly what we make them. In my own thread I talked about how we are all Sisyphus in one way or another. Society loves to complain about the repetitiveness of their present while wishing for the future. Once that future arrives, we wish we could relive/change the past. I think it is incredibly difficult to realize that our lives are what we make them, because I think many of us take a backseat in our own lives. We think that life is something that happens to us instead of something that we have control over. Who knows? Maybe we have less control than I think. That's what's so interesting about existentialism to me. There are so many theories and possible explanations for our place in the universe.
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Post by dianarmartinez on Jun 12, 2024 20:23:45 GMT
Jarelly-
I wrote something similar to your post. I had so many questions about what his purpose was in life? I thought another god could use him as medium to show the gods their flaws. Also, he could have stopped pushing the rock this whole time. We can only assume what his purpose in life was, but we will never know for sure. I do agree he is a prime example of existentialism. It was the same thought I was having when I was watching the video. I almost went on a rabbit hole about Greek mythology.
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