Throughout history some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see
ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate dissent war and revolution. They have
enlightened outraged provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them.
Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers pioneers radicals and visionaries
whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.Inspired by the myth of a man
condemned to ceaselessly push a rock up a mountain and watch it roll back to the valley below
The Myth of Sisyphus transformed twentieth-century philosophy with its impassioned argument for
the value of life in a world without religious meaning.
