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2017 – Mark Fisher committed suicide by hanging. 2019 – Ágnes Heller drowned in Lake Balaton near Balatonalmádi while she was swimming. 2020 – Bernard Stiegler committed suicide. 2020 – David Graeber died of necrotic pancreatitis. 2022 – Darya Dugina was killed during a terrorist attack. 2022 – Saul Kripke died of pancreatic cancer.
J.M. Rist says, “From the earliest days of the Stoic school the problem of suicide is…a problem of free will”. [6] Each school formed its own opinion on the consequences and moral meanings of suicide, and many Greeks came to consider suicide a heroic act. A.D. Nock said, “there was a certain fascination about self-chosen death”. [7]
Socrates replies that while death is the ideal home of the soul, man, specifically the philosopher, should not commit suicide except when it becomes necessary. [ 7 ] Man ought not to kill himself because he possesses no actual ownership of himself, as he is actually the property of the gods .
The Trial of Socrates (399 BC) was held to determine the philosopher's guilt of two charges: asebeia against the pantheon of Athens, and corruption of the youth of the city-state; the accusers cited two impious acts by Socrates: "failing to acknowledge the gods that the city acknowledges" and "introducing new deities".
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.
Embrace these quotes from one of the founding fathers of Western philosophy.
If you or someone you know may be struggling with suicidal thoughts, you can call the U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) any time day or night.
Socrates about to take the poison cup (detail from The Death of Socrates) Suicidology is the scientific study of suicidal behaviour , the causes of suicidalness and suicide prevention . [ 1 ] Every year, about one million people die by suicide, which is a mortality rate of sixteen per 100,000 or one death every forty seconds. [ 2 ]