The existentialists didn’t agree on much, but they all saw absurdity in existence. Is pushing a rock up a hill any more or less absurd than a 9-5 paper pushing job?
I think the argument is that the 9-5 is torturous by a particularly direct comparison to sysiphus. Granted, most work is easier than pushing a boulder, but just as life stealing.
gibmiser@lemmy.world 4 days ago
“The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.”
The man is a lunatic. Prolonged struggle and strife without at least some visible progress is abject torture.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
The existentialists didn’t agree on much, but they all saw absurdity in existence. Is pushing a rock up a hill any more or less absurd than a 9-5 paper pushing job?
untorquer@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I think the argument is that the 9-5 is torturous by a particularly direct comparison to sysiphus. Granted, most work is easier than pushing a boulder, but just as life stealing.
shneancy@lemmy.world 4 days ago
all philosophy will sound bad if you imagine the worst possible case scenario it could apply to
untorquer@lemmy.world 4 days ago
all philosophy will sound
badprofitable if you imagine the worst possible case scenario it could apply toAh capitalism!