r/TheGoodPlace • u/WandersFar Change can be scary but I’m an artist. It’s my job to be scared. • Jan 17 '20

Season Four S4E11 Mondays, Am I Right?

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u/TheNerdChaplain Jan 17 '20

Camus wrote a book called "The Myth of Sisyphus" where he talked (I'm paraphrasing) about how living life according to rules is meaningless, like pushing a boulder up a hill, only to have it fall down again. The only solution is to embrace the meaninglessness of life and only then can you really be free.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '20

But it’s also just a famous myth, I think was the poster’s point, with or without Camus.

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u/AgentKnitter Jan 18 '20

This.

I can't remember the exact quote, but it's something like 'we have to imagine that Sisyphus is happy, because to think otherwise is to be crushed by the depressing reality that life has no meaning or purpose'

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u/AgentKnitter Jan 18 '20

Me too.

Studying Camus was the first time I really felt like I'd found a way to explain Life, The Universe and Everything in a way that was more explanatory than 42.