In this text, a mind responds to a question that begins “If man had no eternal consciousness…” with the word “despair” rather than, “Like the donkey, feeding on the roses of illusion.” A Thomas Nagel essay analogizes a central concept of this text to skepticism because both are enabled through “the capacity to transcend ourselves in thought.” This essay equates a central concept to “sin without God” in a section that references its exploration by Lev Shestov and Søren Kierkegaard. This essay’s introduction argues that we must judge “whether life is or is not worth living” to answer the “one truly serious philosophical problem.” This essay posits the absurd as an alternative to suicide before arguing that we must imagine its title figure happy. For 10 points, name this essay by Albert Camus (“al-BAIR kah-MOO”) titled for a man who is condemned to eternally push a boulder up a hill. ■END■
ANSWER: The Myth of Sisyphus [or Le mythe de Sisyphe]
<Philosophy>
= Average correct buzz position