← todas as notas❝ CitaçãoWhat possible duty could I have to myself to continue in such a state if the alternative is something I wish for?2 Nov 2026#simon-critchley#notes-on-suicidePassagem de Notes on Suicide, de Simon Critchley.← todas as notas← What is most striking about Hamlet’s speeches is not their delusional quality, but their perspicacity. What he complains about – the nature of grief, the futility of war, the illusory power of theatre, the obscurity of our parents’ desire (especially our mother’s) and most of all his doubts about the nature of existence – is powerfully true. The ceaseless self-accusations of the melancholic are very often accurate. What we see in Hamlet is a powerful cocktail of depression and exhibitionism. What we admire in the deaths of the saints is their freely chosen capacity to act out of faith in a way that overrides… →
