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Albert Camus,
“The Myth of Sisyphus”
(1942)
Christina Hendricks
Introduction to Philosophy
University of British Columbia
Except for images licensed otherwise, this presentation is licensed CC BY 4.0
Albert Camus
1913-1960
Camus in 1957, public domain on
Wikimedia Commons
Albert Camus, drawing by SPDP, Flickr,
licensed CC BY 2.0
“One must
imagine
Sisyphus
happy”
Persephone supervising Sisyphus in the
underworld, public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Ithsmus of Corinth map by EcoChap, Wikimedia
Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0
Sisyphus, by Titian,
public domain on
Wikimedia
Commons
“To the celestial thunderbolts he preferred
the benediction of water.”
Image from pixabay.com, licensed CC0
Hypnos and Thanatos carrying Sarpedon while Hermes watches, public domain on Wikimedia Commons
Image from pixabay.com, licensed CC0
Persephone and Hades,
by Marie-Lan Nguyen,
Wikimedia Commons,
licensed CC BY 2.5
Image from pixabay.com, licensed CC0
“Many years more he lived facing the
curve of the gulf, the sparkling sea,
and the smiles of earth”…
Image from pixabay.com, licensed CC0
“His scorn of the gods, his hatred of
death, and his passion for life won him
that unspeakable penalty …”
More info
Christina Hendricks
Professor of Teaching, University of British
Columbia-Vancouver
http://chendricks.org
See here for slides with links for images:
http://blogs.ubc.ca/chendricks/2017/03/19/vi
deo-camus/

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