面對荒謬,另一種常見的回應是將希望寄託於神、宗教或來世等超然存在,藉此為生命找到終極的確定性與意義。然而,在加繆的荒謬主義框架下,這並非被接納的解決方案。加繆將這種捨棄理性、轉而擁抱非理性信仰的行為稱為「信仰的飛躍」(Leap of Faith),並視其為一種「哲學性自殺」(Philosophical Suicide)[5]。他認為,這種做法並未誠實地直面和承受荒謬,而是透過否定或消解構成荒謬的一端(即人類對理性的堅持),從而逃避了這個根本性的矛盾[6]。對荒謬主義者而言,這不是解決方案,而是一種對荒謬處境的背棄。
^Albert Camus. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. The Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. [2025-06-20]. Camus’s answer in The Myth of Sisyphus is that we should not. We should not, that is, take the leap of faith, as Kierkegaard, Chestov, and Jaspers had, for this would be to commit “philosophical suicide” and to annihilate reason...
^Albert Camus. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. [2025-06-20]. The religious solution, which Camus calls “philosophical suicide,” is an escape from the absurd. It is a solution that requires the renunciation of human reason.
^Albert Camus. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. The Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. [2025-06-21](英语). The proper response to the absurd, Camus argues, is revolt. Revolt is the refusal to accept the absurd, the struggle to live with it and in spite of it.
^The Myth of Sisyphus: Summary. SparkNotes. [2025-06-21](英语). Sisyphus is the absurd hero both for his passion for life and his scorn for the gods... The struggle itself is enough to fill his heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
^Jean-Paul Sartre. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. The Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. [2025-06-21](英语). This is the heart of what is known as Sartrean existentialism. The formula for it, which provided the title for his famous 1945 lecture, is “existence precedes essence.”