CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Pericas, Jaime Francisco |
|---|---|
| Title | Suicide and Self-sacrifice in Spinoza's Philosophy |
| Summary | In this thesis I aim to delve into the debate of Spinoza’s metaphysics with respect to the possibility or impossibility of suicide and —as a concomitant topic— self-sacrifice, and whether his statements are properly explained given his discursive abstractness. I explore his metaphysics of individual modes and the conatus theory by discussing both his epistemology and his theory of freedom. I argue that self-sacrifice can be conceived as a form of behavior that is systematically distinct from suicide and which can be described as a free or rational action in Spinozistic terms. |
| Supervisor | Michael Vance Griffin |
| Department | Philosophy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/pericas_jaime.pdf |
Visit the CEU Library.
© 2007-2021, Central European University