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1、TheMythOfSisyphusAndOtherEssaysAlbertCamusTranslatedfromtheFrenchbyJustinO’Brien1955ContentsPrefaceTheMythOfSisyphusAnAbsurdReasoningAbsurdityandSuicideAbsurdWalkPhilosophicalSuicideAbsurdFreedomTheAbsurdManDonJuanismDramaConquestAbsurdCreationPhilosophyandFictionKiri
2、lovEphemeralCreationTheMythOfSisyphusAppendix:HopeandtheAbsurdintheWorkofFranzKafkaSummerInAlgiersTheMinotaurorTheStopInOranTheStreetTheDesertinOranSportsMonumentsAriadne’sStoneHelen’sExileReturnToTipasaTheArtistAndHisTimePrefaceForme“TheMythofSisyphus”marksthebeginni
3、ngofanideawhichIwastopursueinTheRebel.Itattemptstoresolvetheproblemofsuicide,asTheRebelattemptstoresolvethatofmurder,inbothcaseswithouttheaidofeternalvalueswhich,temporarilyperhaps,areabsentordistortedincontemporaryEurope.Thefundamentalsubjectof“TheMythofSisyphus”isth
4、is:itislegitimateandnecessarytowonderwhetherlifehasameaning;thereforeitislegitimatetomeettheproblemofsuicidefacetoface.Theanswer,underlyingandappearingthroughtheparadoxeswhichcoverit,isthis:evenifonedoesnotbelieveinGod,suicideisnotlegitimate.Writtenfifteenyearsago,in1
5、940,amidtheFrenchandEuropeandisaster,thisbookdeclaresthatevenwithinthelimitsofnihilismitispossibletofindthemeanstoproceedbeyondnihilism.InallthebooksIhavewrittensince,Ihaveattemptedtopursuethisdirection.Although“TheMythofSisyphus”posesmortalproblems,itsumsitselfupform
6、easalucidinvitationtoliveandtocreate,intheverymidstofthedesert.Ithashencebeenthoughtpossibletoappendtothisphilosophicalargumentaseriesofessays,ofakindIhaveneverceasedwriting,whicharesomewhatmarginaltomyotherbooks.Inamorelyricalform,theyallillustratethatessentialfluctu
7、ationfromassenttorefusalwhich,inmyview,definestheartistandhisdifficultcalling.Theunityofthisbook,thatIshouldliketobeapparenttoAmericanreadersasitistome,residesinthereflection,alternatelycoldandimpassioned,inwhichanartistmayindulgeastohisreasonsforlivingandforcreating.
8、AfterfifteenyearsIhaveprogressedbeyondseveralofthepositionswhicharesetdownhere;butIhaveremainedfaithful,itseemstome,totheexi