From Autothanasia to Suicide
Download or Read eBook From Autothanasia to Suicide PDF written by Anton J. L. van Hooff and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Anton J. L. van Hooff |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 333 |
| Release | : 2002-09-11 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781134953790 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1134953798 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis From Autothanasia to Suicide by : Anton J. L. van Hooff
Book excerpt: Using almost a thousand case studies, both real and fictional, Dr van Hooff provides us with a unique and engaging insight into self-killing in the Graeco-Roman world. The author analyses the methods and motives which lie behind self-killing relating them to ancient popular morality as it appears in the various media and traces the development of the concept of self-murder, as opposed to the original idea of autothanasia, which lies at the root of the Christian abhorrence of suicide.
