Abstract

My text concerns the human illness of being in nothingness and greatness, which I analyse on the basis of The Plague and The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus. In The Plague the author writes about fate that organizes and rationalizes chaotic activities of humans. Natural disasters and catastrophes, as well as those produced by culture are present in our times. Sometimes the remedies used by culture can be worse than the disease itself. The human condition comprises another state – the need for self-divinization, a need for greater meaning and aim for our limited lives. In The Myth of Sisyphus I analyse three types characters as symbols of autotelic life fulfilments which show the boundaries between human desires and their consciousness of actions.