From: peter.gregory.kelly@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday 4 February 2024 at 16:48:06 UTC+10:30, Tommie Hicks wrote:   
   > If one is diagnosed with a terminal disease and that one takes their life,   
   is it truly suicide? I know technically it is, but philosophically?   
      
   The question frame of mind. Whether the intent is informed by depression or   
   rationally. If you are out of options it could be rational. This could be a   
   painful fatal disease or extreme torture. The stoic Seneca famously committed   
   suicide when a message    
   came from Nero suggesting he should. He knew full well the more painful   
   consequences if his welfare were to be taken out of his control and in the   
   control of others who have no regard for your welfare and well be delighted by   
   one's suffering. It's why    
   Cleopatra chose to accept the bite of a snake than become a high profile   
   prisoner of thee ambitious  Octavian, AKA Augustus, displayed in his triumph   
   celebration march, only to be likely killed or at least enslaved afterward.   
   Vercingetorix, the leader of    
   the Gaulic tribes was killed after Caesar's triumph in which Vercingetorix was   
   the prime exhibit. Caesar had killed 1/3 of all Gauls in his wars, so he had   
   form.   
      
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