Ten Principles of Happiness: Albert Camus, Absurdism, Happiness and a Carousel Albert Camus’s popularisation of absurdism offers a distinctive perspective on happiness. This ideology holds that the struggle between our search for meaning and the quiet, uncaring universe is what makes life fundamentally nonsensical. Nevertheless, Camus offers a route to happiness that goes against accepted wisdom within this apparent chaos. Fundamentally, absurdism acknowledges that while the pursuit of meaning may be pointless, it does not imply that there is no happiness or contentment in life. Absurdism encourages us to accept the absurdity and find happiness within it, as opposed to becoming depressed at the absence of an underlying meaning. It says that accepting life’s absurdity and pursuing personal fulfilment in the here and now will lead to happiness instead of seeking great, existential solutions or financial achievement.  Camus is well known for using the metaphor of Sisyphus, who is destined