The Sisyphus and Teaching Page
If you are a teacher, perhaps you already think of yourself as a modern-day Sisyphus. If not, read my essay, "On Sisyphus and Teaching." You may change your mind!

"On Sisyphus and Teaching," an essay by Edmund Sass

If that essay is a little too heavy for you, try "Sisyphus, the Rap Version."

Want to learn more about Sisyphus, Albert Camus, or Existentialism? Try the links I've listed below:

Sisyphus and Camus' Essay, "The Myth of Sisyphus"
Sisyphus (a brief account from the Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology)
Read Camus' essay, "The Myth of Sisyphus."
The Absurd Hero (an interpretive essay)
The Myth of Sisyphus: A Cycle (an essay comparing Camus' Sisyphus to Buddhist beliefs.

Albert Camus
Albert Camus (a short biography)
The Existence of Albert Camus (biography, bibliography, quotes, analyses, bookshop, and links)
Albert Camus (timeline plus links to homepages, biographies, articles, essays, reviews, and related sites)
Albert Camus Critical Interpretation Homepage (an interactive site with a biography plus essays by and about Camus)

Existentialism
What is existentialism? (a good place to find a nearly understandable answer to this question)
Existentialism (another explanation with information on major themes and some existential thinkers)
Existentialism (one more explanation as well as information about several existential writers and philosophers)
The Realm of Existentialism (once you get past the annoying Java Script error, this is an excellent page with information on the basics of existentialism, selected quotes, and the "minds of existentialism")

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If you have comments or suggestions regarding this page,
please send them to me, Edmund J. Sass, Ed.D.
You can reach me at
esass@csbsju.edu