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Review In: Bochumer Philosophisches Jahrbuch für Antike und Mittelalter: Band 27
Herausgegeben von Manuel Baumbach und Olaf Pluta
[Bochumer Philosophisches Jahrbuch für Antike und Mittelalter 27] 2024
► pp. 297–301

Book review

Edith Hall. Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2024. 242 pp. ISBN 978-0300273533

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Article outline
  • Introduction
  • Greek tragedy and the framing of suicide
  • Philosophical reflections on suicide
  • Systemic suicide and contemporary crisis models
  • Conclusion
  • Author queries
  • References
References (9)
References
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