"fl f aut s'imaginer Sysyphe heureux" (Phai tuang tu<;1ng Sysyphe h,;mh phuc) Albert Camus
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Sysyphe la nhan v�t than thoq.i Hy Lq.p. Chang phat hi�n hanh vi mo am va toi b�i cua m<;>t ong than chop bu (Egine, con gai cuaAsope, bi than Jupiter, tuc than Zeus bat c6c) va bi tra thu. Hinh phq.t danh cho chang ( tq.i sao chong tieu qtc khong duqc thu'.o'ng ma bi phq.t?) la phai khong ngung hi h\}c van m<;>t tang da len dinh nui, roi tang da Ian xuong, va lr:)i hi h\}C ! Than linh c6 khac: hQ c6 ly khi cho rang khong c6 hlnh phr:Jt nao khung khiep hdn cai cong vi�c VO ich va VO VQng. HQ c6 ly a cho tr:)O ra duqc m(>t cai eve phi ly! Khi ke I.Ji than tho.Ji nay bang gi9ngvan cam khai, van hao Albert Camus viet: "Ta biet
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tu lau rang Sisyphe la mc;,t nhan v�t phi ly. Chang to ra phi ly boi ca nhung noi dam me Ian nh\}C hinh cua chang. Thai de;, coi thu'6'ng than linh cua chang, long cam thu cai chet ( chang da tung bat tr6i than chet khien Diem vu'dng suyt that nghi�p ! ) Va long ham me CUQC song cua chang da khien cho chang phai chiu Cai nh\}C hinh kh6 ta nhti v�y, cai nh\}c hinh bat con nguo'i ra sue lam ma chang lam xong dtiQ'c vi�c gi. D6 la cai gia phai tra cho nhung noi dam me tran the cua chang".
Nhung cau chuy�n khong chi lien quan den so ph�n rieng cua mc;,t nhan v�t than tho.;1i. Camus l�p tuc lien ttiong den than ph�n hi�n thl,ic cua "ngu6'i cong nhan ngay nay, SUOt thang ngay trong CUQC do'i CUa minh, luon
Albert Camus
phai lam vi�c voi cung m9t nhi�m V\1, va cai so ph�n ay cfing chang kem phan phi ly''. Nhung ngu6'i Phap dong hudng voi Camus mo ta song d9ng dong do'i buon chan, VO nghia ay la
"metro, boulot, dodo" ( tau
di�n, quan qu�t, lan ra ngu, roi cu the l�p l.;1i). Nhip song ay, suy rong ra, dung cho mQi kiep nguo'i !
V�y, h�nh phuc o dau, hay, hoi nhti Camus va nhti ... muon thuo: CUQC do'i c6 dang song khong? Tnioc cau hoi "hi�n sinh" ay, tac gia dang yeu cua chung ta de nghi ba giai phap: tl,i tu, tin nguang va noi d�y phan khang.
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