External Conditions, Internal Rationality: Spinoza on the Rationality of Suicide

I argue alongside some other scholars that there is a plausible reading of Spinoza’s philosophy of suicide which holds both of the following tenets: first, that suicides occur because of external conditions, and second, that there are at least some suicides which are rational. These two tenets requi...

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Main Author: Ian MacLean-Evans
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: University of Groningen Press 2023-05-01
Series:Journal of Spinoza Studies
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Online Access:https://jss.rug.nl/article/view/38201