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Aristotle in his 'discussion of courage, maintains that committing suicide to avoid pain or other undesirable circumstances is a cowardly act. In a later chapter [of Nicomachean Ethics], he further argues that suicide is unlawful and is an act committed against the interests of the state.' [ 6 ]
Suicide was a widespread occurrence in antiquity across cultures. There were many different methods and reasons for dying by suicide , and these vary across place and time. The origins of modern moral debates over the ethics of suicide can be found in this era.
Bähr, Andreas. "Between “Self-Murder” and “Suicide”: The Modern Etymology of Self-Killing." Journal of Social History 46.3 (2013): 620-632. Argues Suicide” is a modern concept—emerging in English in 1650s and in French and Spanish in late 18th century. Crocker, Lester G. "The discussion of suicide in the eighteenth century."
Despite the fact that we don’t have a detailed history of Aristotle’s childhood, we do know that he was sent to Plato’s Academy at 17, where he studied and taught for the next two decades.
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.
If someone dies by suicide in anger, he may be reborn in a sorrowful realm due to negative final thoughts. [6] [7] Nevertheless, Buddhism does not condemn suicide without exception, but rather observes that the reasons for suicide are often negative and thus counteract the path to enlightenment. [8]
Forced suicide is a method of execution where the victim is coerced into committing suicide to avoid facing an alternative option they perceive as much worse, such as being tortured to death, suffering public humiliation, or having friends or family members imprisoned, tortured or killed.
Suicidologists believe that suicide is largely preventable with the right actions, knowledge about suicide, and a change in society's view of suicide to make it more acceptable to talk about suicide. There are many different fields and disciplines involved with suicidology, the two primary ones being psychology and sociology.