While this issue is certainly important, Camus might first consider the epistemological question of whether we can actually know whether life is worth living (Kamber, 51). Camus, however, is not actually considering the problem of suicide in general, but rather the much narrower question of whether the discovery of the absurd leads one to the conclusion that life is not worth living. Or to put it simply: “should a person convinced that life is absurd conclude that there is no point in continuing to live?” (Kamber, 52)
The idea of the absurd is a common theme in many existentialist works, particularly in Camus. Absurdity is the notion of contrast between two things. As Camus explains it in The Myth of Sisyphus:
The absurd is born out of this confrontation between the human need and the unreasonable silence of the