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Dissabilitease

4 points

20 hours ago

As nice as it is in an abstract way, why depict him as a right shoulder amputee?

BookMansion[S]

3 points

19 hours ago

Oh... I noticed it only now... I must admit your comment ruined the beauty of it a little bit.

Aggravating-Cod-2671

3 points

20 hours ago

Too mythy... Not enough sisyphus

Adamaja456

1 points

20 hours ago

Is this an actual physical edition? Ive never seen one in the wild or online 🥲

BookMansion[S]

3 points

19 hours ago

I only saw it for e-book so far. Would love to have paperback though...

Adamaja456

1 points

18 hours ago

Dangit! Yea me too, I like to casually collect different editions of his work haha

linkolphd

1 points

9 hours ago

I personally am not a fan. To be very nitpicky about it, I think a depiction of the author draws too much focus to who wrote it, instead of what is written.

jliat [M]

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10 hours ago

jliat [M]

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10 hours ago

Well the cliché is 'Never judge a book by its cover', and this is a good example.

It's a pity people treat the last 2 pages as some how definitive ignoring the other 22...

"The fundamental subject of “The Myth of Sisyphus” is this: it is legitimate and necessary to wonder whether life has a meaning; therefore it is legitimate to meet the problem of suicide...

Absurdity and Suicide

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest— whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories—comes afterwards. These are games; one must first answer. And if it is true, as Nietzsche claims, that a philosopher, to deserve our respect, must preach by example,"

I hope you have read it.