Titre du document / Document title
El suicidio por inanición entre algunos filósofos griegos : una epoje kairótica = Starvation suicide between some greek philosophers: an epojé kairóticaLe suicide par grève de la faim chez quelques philosophes grecs: une époché kairotique
Auteur(s) / Author(s)
RIVERA Rubén Soto
(1) ;
Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)
(1) Colegio Universitario de Humacao, Universidad de Puerto Rico, PORTO RICO
Résumé / Abstract
Throughtout the history of ancient Greek philosophy there were several thinkers who, having gotten enough older, decided to commit suicide by starvation. Democritus, Anaxagoras, Zeno of Citium, Cleanthes, Dionysius, Demonax are the philosophers who thought their old age was the right time (Kairós) to pass away. This kind of suicide could be thought of as a misreading of the sceptics' teaching on epojè (suspension of judgement). The Stoics seem to have done so. On the basis of Cleanthes, Dionysius and Demonax's suicides, the author of this essay thinks that there could be an ideological and hidden link between how to know the right time to, for example, commit suicide and the suspending of judgement proposed, for instance, by Arcesilas of Pitane.
Revue / Journal Title
Estudios de filosofía
ISSN 0121-3628
Source / Source
1998, n
o17-18, pp. 169-180
Langue / Language
Espagnol
Editeur / Publisher
Instituto de Filosofía de la Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, COLOMBIE
(19?)
(Revue)
Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords
Zeno of Citium ;
Anaxagoras ;
Democritus ;
Cleanthes ;
Kairos ;
Epoche ;
Sceptics ;
Oldness ;
Philosopher ;
Hunger ;
Suicide ;
Greek Antiquity ;
Mots-clés français / French Keywords
Zénon de Cittium ;
Anaxagore ;
Démocrite ;
Cléanthe ;
Kairos ;
Epoché ;
Sceptiques ;
Vieillesse ;
Philosophe ;
Faim ;
Suicide ;
Grèce antique ;
Localisation / Location
INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 26655, 35400010327352.0110
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