In the first 40 pages of the Myth of Sisyphus, Camus sets out to define the absurd as well as lay out the main question which he seeks to explore: that of suicide. For Camus, the absurd is not really a thing in itself; rather, it is the product of the relationship between logical human*, …
This meme references Jacques Lacan’s concept of the mirror stage, where one (often as a baby) sees and recognizes themselves in a mirror, or more generally in a reflective surface, and objectifies themselves as an object outside of themselves. Through this externalization, the person both recognizes the reflection as themselves but also as something beyond …
