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Finding Happiness In Albert Camus 'Myth Of Sisyphus'

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Plato, one of the greatest philosophers of ancient Greece once stated: “The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily" . This quote relates to the Myth of Sisyphus. Sisyphus is a man who was forced to push a big, heavy rock up a hill for the rest of his life not achieving his full potential. His situation was seen as absurdity and not feeling and full filling happiness. Albert Camus, the author of the Myth of Sisyphus, states that Sisyphus’s cannot reach happiness in his meaningless, absurd situation. Although ones life is absurd at times and may seem meaningless, knowing that the world and fate is what we make of it. Finding happiness is

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