PHIL 1200 Lecture Notes - Odysseus
17 Mar 2014
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How to give sisyphus meaning. There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories comes afterwards. These are games; one must first answer. (72) According to the myth, sisyphus was a cunning king (of corinth). He managed to trick death for a time and return from the underworld. In this myth of sisyphus: Rolling the stone = ___________________________________________________________________________________ He suggests, in effect, that we can reject the third premise, p3, of the. Worry, thereby allowing us to avoid commitment to nihilism. Life with all of its work and repetitive overcoming of obstacles. the attitudes we take upon our own lives. It involves simply giving sisyphus the right sorts of positive attitudes towards stone- rolling activities: [sisyphus"s] fate belongs to him.
