SVOJEVOLJNO UMIRANJE KAO AFIRMACIJA DOSTOJANSTVENOG ŽIVOTA: SMRT I SAMOUBISTVO U RIMSKOJ POZNOJ STOI
VOLUNTARY DEATH AS AN AFFIRMATION OF DIGNIFIED LIFE: DEATH AND SUICIDE IN ROMAN LATE STOA

Summary/Abstract: This paper will examine the relation that Roman Stoics had towards death and suicide (voluntaria mors). After brief analysis of the historical and social context of the Roman society in which Stoics formed their opinion, it could be claimed that the Stoic defense of suicide is based on their defense of fulfilled and dignified life. According to their ethical thought, Stoics did not consider death as something terrifying, but the opposite; they valued and praised rationally chosen death. Rational death, in their opinion, is not a testimony of useless life, but a confirmation of the idea that the only life worth living is a life according to virtue.

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