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OBSERVAŢII MEDICALO-TEOLOGICE ASUPRA SINUCIDERII
SOME MEDICAL AND THEOLOGICAL REMARKS ON SUICIDE

Author(s): Vasile Vlad
Subject(s): Religion and science
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara
Keywords: suicide; death; moral theology; spiritual care

Summary/Abstract: Suicide is irrational. In this paper, we argue that suicide is an act that is ruled by the emotions. In other words, suicide is a fight from rationality itself. It allows the emotions to rule tyranically over the body rather than to find the proper harmony for the well-ordered. Life conformed to truth

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 22
  • Page Range: 37-47
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Romanian