← todas as notas❝ CitaçãoHamlet-like inner-spiralling self-doubt.2 Nov 2026#simon-critchley#notes-on-suicidePassagem de Notes on Suicide, de Simon Critchley.← todas as notas← Freud’s point, besides the mumbo-jumbo about ‘object-cathexis’, is crystal clear: given our intense self-love, in order to kill ourselves we have to turn ourselves into objects. More precisely, we have to turn ourselves into objects that we hate. Thus, suicide is strictly speaking impossible. I cannot kill myself. What I kill is the hated object… Hume says, if the divine order means the causal laws created by God, then it must always be wrong to contravene such laws. But if that is the case, then any form of sickness, wounding or malady must not be treated since it is at odds with the laws of nature and divine will. Thus, the entire medical profession itself, insofar as it seeks to ameliorate the condition of the sick, should be outlawed. →
