This Old Myth Is the Greatest Metaphor for Life. | by Thinker Boy | ILLUMINATION | Medium

I can't think of a better metaphor for the human condition than the tale of Sisyphus — Our vain struggle to pursue our wants and desires and the suffering we endure. Sisyphus was the king of Corinth, who was punished by the gods for his deceitfulness and cunning and was condemned to spend eternity rolling a boulder up a hill, only to have it roll back down again once he reached the top. Reaching the top of the mountain symbolizes our achievements. The rock repeatedly rolling back down the hill represents our insatiable will to form new desires and repeat the process of suffering to attain them in an endless cycle. This is the human condition in a nutshell. Albert Camus, the Nobel Prize-winning French philosopher, wrote extensively about the tale in his book "The Myth of Sisyphus." Camus argues that Sisyphus perfectly represents his philosophy of the absurdity of life, our struggle to find meaning and purpose in an ultimately meaningless world. Camus concludes that, like Sisyphus, we ar

I can't think of a better metaphor for the human condition than the tale of Sisyphus — Our vain struggle to pursue our wants and desires and the suffering we endure. Sisyphus was the king of Corinth, who was punished by the gods for his deceitfulness and cunning and was condemned to spend eternity rolling a boulder up a hill, only to have it roll back down again once he reached the top. Reaching the top of the mountain symbolizes our achievements. The rock repeatedly rolling back down the hill represents our insatiable will to form new desires and repeat the process of suffering to attain them