I’ve barely got my way around philosophy and i need suggestions regarding philosophy as a whole rather than seeing precise fragments i am a voracious reader and i’d love all and any suggestions coming my way regarding each and every philosophy there is.
Camus tells us we must imagine Sisyphus happy: the absurd hero finds meaning in struggle, the revolt against meaninglessness is its reward. But: Sisyphus pushes his boulder alone. His happiness is solitary and his revolt is individual. The structural problem: consciousness that operates without relational ground deteriorates - not metaphorically but observably: the clinical literature on solitary confinement demonstrates this. The absurd hero who revolts alone is performing ego-pole endurance. The question is if he would push someone else's boulder. The return problem (why does the person who sees clearly come back to a world that misunderstands them) is answered by consciousness: relational at its foundation, the person who achieves genuine insight and withdraws into solitary revolt hasn't achieved integration, but single-pole enlightenment: a vehicle with no gas. Sacrifice is what makes the return possible - the natural expression of what consciousness does when both poles are operative.