According to Camus, Recognizing the Absurdity of Life Undermines the Case

question 213

Multiple Choice

According to Camus, recognizing the absurdity of life undermines the case for suicide because

• A) by continuing to live, in knowledge of life's absurdity, is to achieve a kind of freedom by revolting against that absurdity.
• B) once you acknowledge the absurdity of life, all reason for doing anything, including suicide, disappears.
• C) taking your own life may lead to an absurd afterlife, as the myth of Sisyphus shows.
• D) it would negate your own freedom to commit suicide before overcoming the absurdity of life.

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