Kairothanasia and old age in the classical world

 

Tallennettuna:
Bibliografiset tiedot
Tekijä: López Pulido, Alfonso
Aineistotyyppi: artículo original
Tila:Versión publicada
Julkaisupäivä:2017
Kuvaus:In the Classical World, it is very difficult to establish a dividing line between suicide and kairothanasia, considered by someone as the opportune death. Although there is a long list of suicides, especially political ones, most of the cases accepted so far as suicides among the elderly could be considered to be the practice of kairothanasia. It is due to different connotation of the idea that the decision to commit suicide appears because of the conclusion that life cannot be enjoyed without a minimum of mental and physical ability to make it worth living
Maa:Portal de Revistas UCR
Organisaatio:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Kieli:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/27642
Linkit:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/humanidades/article/view/27642
Sanahaku:Death
suicide
elderly
ancient civilizations
right to dignity
Muerte
suicidio
anciano
civilización antigua
derecho a la dignidad