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7984 | Suicide is ascribed to depression, with the originality of the act of will ignored [Baudrillard] |
Full Idea: Suicide is always ascribed to depressive motivations with no account taken of an originality of, an original will to commit, the act itself. | |
From: Jean Baudrillard (The Intelligence of Evil [2004], p.153) | |
A reaction: Apparently research suggests that most suicides are clinically depressed, but even within the depression there is a startling act of will that goes beyond merely feeling bad. |