Aristotle on suicide [was Heidegger Email List?]
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—– Original Message —–
From: “Philip Baker”
> In article , Anthony Crifasi
> writes
>>no need to appeal to wacko godders:
>>
>>”the man who voluntarily kills himself … acts unjustly… And it is in
>>view of this that the state imposes a penalty by attaching a certain
>>dishonor to those who kill themselves…” (Aristotle, Nich. Ethics,
>>1138a10-14)
>
>
> Why don’t you fill in the dots?
“But the man who voluntarily kills himself through anger does so in
violation of right reason, and the law does not permit this, so he acts
unjustly.”
> Aristotle says suicide is an unjust act because the law forbids it, but
> do any list members live under the jurisdiction of any 4th century BC
> Greek city state?
Aristotle says first that it is in violation of right reason. That is a
condemnation independent of the law.
