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Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Socrates, 1787. Socrates concluded that “a man, who is one of the god’s possessions, should not kill himself ‘until the god sends some compulsion upon him, as he sends compulsion on us at present'”. [6] He thus saw one who died by suicide as condemnable, even though he did so himself.
1994 – Sarah Kofman committed suicide on Nietzsche’s birthday. 1994 – Guy Debord committed suicide by shooting himself after a painful struggle with polyneuritis. 1995 – Gilles Deleuze committed suicide by jumping out of his fourth-story apartment window. 1998 – Dimitris Liantinis committed suicide on the mountains of Taygetos.
Socrates is known for proclaiming his total ignorance; he used to say that the only thing he was aware of was his ignorance, seeking to imply that the realization of one's ignorance is the first step in philosophizing. Socrates exerted a strong influence on philosophers in later antiquity and has continued to do so in the modern era.
Not everyone who experiences trauma will develop PTSD. Symptoms include flashbacks, nightmares, increased fight-or-flight response, mental and physical distress when reminded of the trauma, efforts to avoid traumatic memories or reminders of the trauma, forgetting parts of the traumatic event(s), negative beliefs about oneself and/or the world ...
Apulian pottery depicting Lycrugus of Thrace, an ancient Greek king driven mad by Dionysus [1]. Mental illness in ancient Rome was recognized in law as an issue of mental competence, and was diagnosed and treated in terms of ancient medical knowledge and philosophy, primarily Greek in origin, while at the same time popularly thought to have been caused by divine punishment, demonic spirits, or ...
A psychologist told jurors Tuesday that Amber Heard suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder due to physical and sexual abuse at the hands of ex-husband Johnny Depp. Dawn Hughes testified that ...
The Green Beret who died by suicide moments before a Tesla Cybertruck exploded on New Year's Day in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas was suffering from post-traumatic stress ...
Five student-athletes dying by suicide in a matter of weeks tells us that. If you or someone you know may be struggling with suicidal thoughts, you can call the U.S. National Suicide Prevention ...