← todas as notas❝ Citaçãothe life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.2 Nov 2026#david-hume#notes-on-suicidePassagem de David Hume reunida por Simon Critchley em Notes on Suicide.← todas as notas← The French had even more stringent posthumous punishments for suicide. In 1670, Louis XIV declared a criminal ordinance for suicide, where it was decreed that the corpse must be drawn through the streets face down and then hanged or thrown on a garbage dump. Their property was also confiscated. The Sun King tolerated poorly the suicide of France’s sons. In an English commentary on Chinese law from 1899, particular attention is paid to suicide pacts created for the profit of the surviving party. If it was proven that the parents entered into a suicide pact in order to aid the surviving child, then that child was to be decapitated. ‘The life of this world is just a game and accumulation of possessions and children. What God has is better for me than this.’ →
