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Full Idea
The 'absurdity of life' is nothing than our own unsatisfactory choices, typically of defensiveness and resentment, competition, and 'meaningless' routines.
Gist of Idea
'Absurdity' is just the result of our wrong choices in life
Source
Robert C. Solomon (The Passions [1976], Pref)
Book Ref
Solomon,Robert C.: 'The Passions (1993 ed)' [Hackett 1993], p.-7
A Reaction
He seems to have Camus particularly in mind. He sees love and co-operation as the cure. I sort of agree, but somewhere in all of our minds there lurks an abyss, with the good life looking like a distraction from it.