《西西弗神话》是法国存在主义大师加缪的代表作之一，是加缪对于荒诞哲理最深入和集中的考察以及最透彻和清晰的阐释。西西弗这个希腊神话人物推石上山、永无止境的苦役无疑正是人类生存的荒诞性最形象的象征；但同时，他又是人类不绝望，不颓丧，在荒诞中奋起反抗，不惜与荒诞命运抗争到底的一面大纛。因此，与其说《西西弗神话》是对人类状况的一幅悲剧性的自我描绘，不如说它是一曲自由人道主义的胜利高歌，它构成了一种既悲怆又崇高的格调，在整个人类的文化艺术领域中，也许只有贝多芬的《命运交响曲》在品味上可与之相媲美。(The Myth of Sisyphus is one of the master works by Albert Camus, master of existentialism in France. It is the deepest and most concentrated investigation and thoroughest and clearest understanding of absurd philosophy. The Greek mythology character Sisyphus, who pushes stones to mountains without rest, is definitely the most vivid symbol of absurd human survival. Meanwhile, he is also a flag for human beings to not be desperate and dispirited so as to fight against absurd life till the end. Therefore, instead of saying that The Myth of Sisyphus is the self depiction of tragic human conditions, we shall say it is a victory song of liberal humanism, constructing a sorrowful but noble style, which is comparable to Symphony of Fate by Beethoven.)