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What is most shocking about Hume’s arguments is that they still have the capacity to shock, some 240 years after they were written. This is because the moral and legal framework in which suicide is viewed and judged is still tributary to the Christian doctrine that Hume so elegantly demolishes.

2 Nov 2026

Passagem de Notes on Suicide, de Simon Critchley.

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2026-11-02 note: What is most shocking about Hume’s arguments is that they still have the capacity to shock, some 240 years after they were written. This is because the moral and legal framework in which suicide is viewed and judged is still tributary to the Christian doctrine that Hume so elegantly demolishes.
2026-11-02 note: Are suicidal patterns of behaviour best explained organically in terms of neurobiology and, even, serotonin levels? Is suicidality even an inheritable condition within, say, certain families and communities?
2026-11-02 note: Any full understanding of suicide requires, at the very least, the cultivation of a much longer and broader view of suicidal behaviour across as wide a historical and cultural sweep as possible, along with the richest possible sociological data.