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Chapter 51 Self Quiz
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Taylor claims that if the gods had implanted in Sisyphus an impulse to roll stones, they would have acted
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mercifully.
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cruelly.
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impermissibly.
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According to Taylor, the most appalling feature of Sisyphus's life is that
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it does not contain any variety.
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his struggle comes to nothing.
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it is filled with pain and devoid of pleasure.
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Taylor argues that the most desirable sort of meaning
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comes from living morally.
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is objective and rational.
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is subjective and irrational.
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According to Taylor, the question of the meaning of life admits no significant answer.
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According to Taylor, the most dreadful feature of Sisyphus's life is that it is without meaning.
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According to Taylor, imagining Sisyphus's task as relatively easy and his stone as relatively light diminishes the oppressive, dejecting quality of the myth.
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According to Taylor, an objectively meaningless existence can nevertheless have meaning for the one whose existence it is.
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According to Taylor, to have a meaningless task we irrationally enjoy would be more worthwhile than to have an objectively meaningful task we find uninteresting.
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