/lit/ - Literature

>>15642523
How much are you willing to pay?

>>15642523
It's only $16 but i can make you a discount, $10, what about it?

>>15642530
>>15642535
Tell me why I should bother reading it I mean

>>15642551
You shouldn't, obviously. Everyone on /lit/ knows this.

I haven’t read it, but it seems to be the philosophical explanation of The Stranger. If you’re interested in understanding the absurdism of his previous book in a more literal kind of way I would read it. It’s on my list

>>15642576
I think it ties more into The Plague than The Stranger

are you thinking about killing yourself?
>yes
read this book
>no
read something else

>>15642565
>/lit/
>not reading
Makes sense.

It's level entry philosophy and not overwhelming in any aspect since the idea of Sisyphus being happy is tragic.

>>15642523
One must imagine you buying it.

>>15642599
Reading the Myth makes sense as a reference for all of his work. For La Peste specifically I think you should rather read The Rebel (L'Homme révolté).

>>15642523
you just gotta keep on pushing bro lol idk

bro like life is fucking shit and is just pure fucking misery pain lack want need and desire but like just imagine yourself happy lol like problem solved bro easy peezy

like lol we all fucking die and none of this fucking matters and like all your hopes and dreams are going to be negated in the end and like everything you acheive and accomplish will turn to dust like lol bro whatever just imagine you're happy like don't even fuss with questioning anything just look in the mirror and imagine that grimace as a smile like lol you're so dumb it's happy time bro it's smile time like haha aint life grand bro

>>15643560
Very funny, but not Camus' view at all.

>>15642601
is it going to make me want to kill myself more or less or will it be unchanged?

>>15644454
That depends on yourself, nignog. we can't look into your head

>>15642523
For the love of god, this book is boring gibberish that resumes on: DO NOT KILL YOURSELF.

dude just fight unhappiness and b urself XD

>>15644636
got any more quick summaries of important philosophical books so that I do not have to readem ?
im serious

>>15643379
Should I read The Plague if I haven't read The Myth Of Sisyphus? I'm just having trouble believing that I won't "understand" The Plague without Sisyphus.

>>15642523
Clearly no one in this thread has read it. You should read it if you are considering suicide. The main philosophical question Camus attempts to answer is if the meaningless of life means one should kill oneself.

>>15644890
Max Stirner's "everything is a spook and I take what I want".

>>15644976
thank mate,
im learning so much

>>15644961
please >>15644454

>>15645231
It will make you want to kill yourself less. You should read it.

>>15642523
Yo like... i have this book here... its kinda good and cheap ,i can give it to you for...i don't know like 5 bucks? Or 4 if you want i don't really care. It will make you look smart. I guarantee you you'll get tons of pussy from it,like a lot of it.

So how did i do guys? Was it good? Would you buy it?

>>15645308
thank you anon, I will put it next on my list then

>>15642523
It's not a book buddy, it's an idea, it's a lifestyle. You. Have. No. Idea.
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

>>15644900
It would just be clearer to you right from the start of reading it, but yeah the basic analogy is not hard to grasp.

He explains the philosophy behind The Stranger. Not a bad book, a little dry though.

>>15642523
I honestly think it's Camus' worst work.
>Needing to read a book to figure out if you should kys yourself

>I think life has a meaning, so it is worth living!
Then continue living it to pursue it, Bloomer

>I think life has no meaning so it is not worth living
Then kill yourself, Doomer. Suicide is the only way out.

>I think my life has no meaning, but that's because of my limitations. There surely is some deeper trascendental meaning that escapes me, like God, my country, knowledge, the ideal society, the idea of the Good, whatever
You are just doing leaps of faith to continue living. Ultimately you actually have no reason to live.

>I think, like the Doomer, that life has ultimately NO meaning of any kind, and I accept that hard fact, yet I still refuse to kill myself
Then read this book

>>15644454
Could be more, could be less. Depends on if you identify with the Absurd Man he presents halfway through the book.

>>15643123
>the idea of Sisyphus being happy is tragic.
It is supposed to be a revolt against the tragedy. One makes it not tragic by enjoying it and yelling fuck you to the Absurd.

>>15645507
>>15642576
I really don't see it as an explanation of The Stranger at all. Meursault bares very little resemblance to any of Camus examples of absurd lifestyles.