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