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1、PREFACEFORME"TheMythofSisyphus"marksthebeginningofanideawhichIwastopursueinTheRebel.Itat-ThemythofSisyphus,andotheressays/AlbertCamus;translatedtemptstoresolvetheproblemofsuicide,asTheRebelfromtheFrenchbyJustinO'Brienattemptstoresolvethatofmurder,inbothcaseswithoutthe
2、aidofeternalvalueswhich,temporarilyperhaps,areabsentordistortedincontemporaryEurope.Thefunda-mentalsubjectof"TheMythofSisyphus"isthis:itislegitimateandnecessarytowonderwhetherlifehasameaning;thereforeitislegitimatetomeettheproblemofsuicidefacetoface.Theanswer,underlyi
3、ngandap-pearingthroughtheparadoxeswhichcoverit,isthis:evenifonedoesnotbelieveinGod,suicideisnotlegiti-mate.Writtenfifteenyearsago,in1940,amidtheFrenchandEuropeandisaster,thisbookdeclaresthatevenwithinthelimitsofnihilismitispossibletofindthemeanstoproceedbeyondnihilism
4、.InallthebooksIhavewrittensince,Ihaveattemptedtopursuethisdi-rection.Although"TheMythofSisyphus"posesmortalproblems,itsumsitselfupformeasalucidinvitationtoliveandtocreate,intheverymidstofthedesert.Ithashencebeenthoughtpossibletoappendtothisphilosophicalargumentaseries
5、ofessays,ofakind1haveneverceasedwriting,whicharesomewhatmarginaltomyotherbooks.Inamorelyricalform,theyallil-lustratethatessentialfluctuationfromassenttorefusalwhich,inmyview,definestheartistandhisdifficultcalling.Theunityofthishook,thatIshouldliketoheapparenttoAmerica
6、nreadersasitistome,residesinthereflection,alternatelycoldandimpassioned,inwhichanartistmayindulgeastohisreasonsforlivingandforcreating.AfterfifteenyearsIhaveprogressedbeyondseveralofthepositionswhicharesetdownhere;hutIhaveremainedfaithful,itseemstome,totheexigencywhic
7、hpromptedthem.ThatiswhythishookisinacertainsensethemostpersonalofthoseIhavepublishedinAmerica.Morethantheothers,therefore,ithasneedoftheindulgenceandunderstandingofitsreaders.ALBERTCAMUSPARISMARCH1955Omysoul,donotaspiretoimmortallife,loutexhaustANABSURDREASONINGthelim
8、itsofthepossible.—Pindar,PythianiiiAbsurdityandSuicideHEREisbutonetrulyseriousphilosophicalproblem,THEPAGESthatfollowdealwit
