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Full Idea
It is essential to die unreconciled and not of one's own free will. Suicide is a repudiation.
Gist of Idea
It is essential to die unreconciled and not of one's own free will
Source
Albert Camus (The Myth of Sisyphus [1942], 'Abs free')
Book Ref
Camus,Albert: 'The Myth of Sisyphus', ed/tr. O'Brien,Justin [Penguin 1975], p.55
A Reaction
Camus' whole book addresses the question of suicide. He suggests that life can be redeemed and become livable if you squarely face up to the absurdity of it, and the gap between what we hope for and what we get.