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amy_rr's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
This is book is not for anyone experiencing low mood/ depression or thoughts of ending their life.
90% of the book I enjoyed and found very thoughtful, but the final 10% frustrated me deeply - it seemed like he just disregarded most of his musings to then say 'life is worth living' without giving any strong justification. If this was a call to dissuade people from the 'act', I felt it could have spent more time on this aspect.
90% of the book I enjoyed and found very thoughtful, but the final 10% frustrated me deeply - it seemed like he just disregarded most of his musings to then say 'life is worth living' without giving any strong justification. If this was a call to dissuade people from the 'act', I felt it could have spent more time on this aspect.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
skele_queen's review against another edition
3.75
A good place to begin when learning about the end—philosophically, of course.
darah444's review against another edition
4.0
extremely eye opening, changed my mindset for the day. Ive always thought suicide should be legal and that every person should be in charge of themselves and deal with their own consequences. Enforcing law based on religion is absolutely outdated. I am against that. Law should be based on ethics, but that brings up the objectivity of ethics. Unquiet was misspelled funnily.
emilka_22's review against another edition
5.0
"Striktne vzatér je teda samovražda nemožná. Nemôžem zabiť seba. Môžem zabiť len nenávidený objekt, ktorým som sa stal. Nenávidím objekt, ktorým som sa stal, a chcem, aby zomrel. Samovražda je vražda."
Veľmi podnetná knižka. Útla, no nečíta sa ľahko, najmä, ak vo vašom okolí ľudia spáchali samovraždu.
Ale je mi tak nejako ľahšie, snažím sa chápať a už sa nehnevám.
Bonusom je výborný preklad!
Veľmi podnetná knižka. Útla, no nečíta sa ľahko, najmä, ak vo vašom okolí ľudia spáchali samovraždu.
Ale je mi tak nejako ľahšie, snažím sa chápať a už sa nehnevám.
Bonusom je výborný preklad!
fractaltexan's review
4.0
An interesting philosophical look at a taboo that has come to be seen as inherently bad in our society.
Simon Critchley breaks down the philosophical arguments for and against Suicide by showing how one is either free to do so or is not free due to mental illness. Either way, we look at a life from the perspective of suicide, not of a life leading to it.
He then talks about suicide notes, and the mere concept of choosing death, with no reason to do so other than we are simply able to do so.
All in all, this was a wonderful short book, and one that opened my eyes.
Simon Critchley breaks down the philosophical arguments for and against Suicide by showing how one is either free to do so or is not free due to mental illness. Either way, we look at a life from the perspective of suicide, not of a life leading to it.
He then talks about suicide notes, and the mere concept of choosing death, with no reason to do so other than we are simply able to do so.
All in all, this was a wonderful short book, and one that opened my eyes.