In the essay "The Myth of Sisyphus," philosopher Albert Camus — who would have turned 100 on Thursday — explored the nature of boring work. There's new psychological research into why people ...

I have always said — and believed — that I am no gardener. I am not moved to take action by legions of snails in the hostas.

Sisyphus’ punishment for speaking out is to effort the stone ... I thought of the many people I know who, in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles, give their all to work in some small way to ...

One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” This is a bleak model ... but rather an ability to work for something because it is good, ...

Things will work out for us. There is a plan ... Yes and no. Camus famously ends The Myth of Sisyphus by saying of his absurd hero: “One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” Imagination is of ...

Readers are usually first introduced to his book The Stranger, a work deeply imbued with the idea of the absurd. Further, the ...

If Sisyphus were Canadian, he would not be eternally damned to push a boulder up a hill only to have it roll down before he can reach the top. That would be too easy. If Sisyphus were Canadian ...