The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.
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Nationality: French Type: Philosopher Born: November 7, 1913 Death: January 4, 1960 |
“World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.”