Curious Cat
Member
- Aug 23, 2022
- 13
If you want to donate, we have a thread with updated donation options here at this link: About Donations
This sounds like a very rational approach. Interesting that such a perspective would be essentially banned in modern day discourse.According to the Stoics it would be a wrong reason if one attempts suicide simply because of unhappiness with ones own life circumstances. Rather, one should see them as a challenge to test the virtues against. I feel it's important to add this context when using an ancient quote.
"The right to or claim on something means nothing more than to do it, or take it or be able to use it without in any way thereby injuring another: simplicity is the sign of the true. This sheds light on the meaninglessness of the same questions, e.g. whether we have the right to take our own life. [...] That the one who no longer wants to live for himself should now continue to live merely as a machine for the use of others is an extravagant demand."
Just read the long and oh-so-redundant book named above. While author had some good points, his Buddhist ideology shows at the end in a dogmatic way. I'd pass. However, I just found a title, THE MYTH OF NORMAL by Gabor Mate'. He's interesting, and his son's a good journalist, so it should be interesting to see what he says. Then, one can read CAPITALISM AND SCHIZOPHRENIA while the other personality reads Mate'--such a time-saver:)Just found a new book on suicide written from a Buddhist perspective (found also on the internet archive). The title is SUICIDE: A STUDY OF THE SELF.
Update: I read book. It's quite long and redundant and dogmatic at end. I'd pass.Just found a new book on suicide written from a Buddhist perspective (found also on the internet archive). The title is SUICIDE: A STUDY OF THE SELF.