![]() ![]() In the Greek myth, Sisyphus is condemned to an eternity of pushing a boulder to the top of a hill – a task that would never be completed. Again, there are those who will say that this isn’t the case, but eternity is timeless – it will literally never end, ever. ![]() During depression, one will feel far more pain than they would ever care to feel again, and having an eternity of doing any one activity will be stale. That is absolutely terrifying, and if it happens to be fine to someone, then they have not truly experienced loneliness or depression. ![]() That means living on while everyone else in one’s life dies and becomes nothing more than dust. Eternity implies forever, meaning no ending, and no death. However, the most important word in the phrase is “eternity”. To know that nothing you do matters at all (which is already true because physics says so) is a pretty terrifying thought in itself. Camus uses the adjectives “futile” and “hopeless” which makes it even more frightening. ![]() It’s a dreadful punishment – it’s part of the reason why labor camps are not considered ethical (to the more developed countries). People just don’t like manual labor, and forced manual labor even more so. According to Albert Camus in “The Myth of Sisyphus,” he about how Hades had condemned Sisyphus to “an eternity of futile and hopeless labor.” Of the words within that phrase, the word “labor” may frighten many. ![]()
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