Citation

Gordon D. Hist. Reflect. 2016; 42(2): 33-51.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, History Dept., University of Waterloo)

DOI

10.3167/hrrh.2016.420203

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The article is about the moral debate over suicide, from Augustine to the present. It assesses critically the transformation of a humanistic debate into a scientific one. Among the figures who receive detailed attention are Augustine, Montaigne, Donne, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Durkheim. © 2016, Berghahn Journals, Ltd. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Suicide; Durkheim; Augustine; Montaigne; Donne; Rousseau; Voltaire