Tag Archives: Suicide

The Art of Knowing a Timely End

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Philosopher Muse

“Both Nietzsche and the Stoics defend the absolute autonomy and responsibility of individuals over every aspect of their lives, including the decision to end them.” —Marta Faustino & Paolo Stellino To live well is to have the courage and clarity … Continue reading →

Posted in Applied Philosophy | Tagged Autonomy, Dignity, End-of-Life Ethics, Marta Faustino, Nietzsche, Paolo Stellino, Personal Agency, Right to Die, Stoicism, Suicide, Timeliness, Voluntary Death | Leave a comment

Undoing Suicidism | Rethinking Suicide Prevention

Posted on September 12, 2025 by Philosopher Muse

Undoing Suicidism is Dr. Alexandre Baril’s challenge to us to rethink suicidality—moving us toward a more honest and compassionate understanding rooted in the reality of oppression. Baril’s work pushes us beyond pity or fear, inviting us to see suicidal individuals … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review | Tagged Alexandre Baril, Anti-Oppression, Ethics of Care, Harm Reduction, Mental Health, Social Justice, Suicide, Suicide Affirmative, Suicide Prevention, Suicidism | Leave a comment

Cold Vicious Wolves Adorned In Sheeplike Wools

Posted on January 10, 2025 by Philosopher Muse

“From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the vicious still lay claim to it…. These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion, Social Justice | Tagged Canada, Canadian Catholic Bishops, Canadian Health Organizations, Elder Abuse, Euthanasia, Friedrich Nietzsche, Government of Canada, Hospitals, Human Rights, Jesus, MAID, Medical Assistance in Dying, Natural Rights, Nursing Homes, Paul of Tarsus, Religious Idealism, Roman Catholic, Solomon, Suicide, Suicide Assistance, Voluntary Euthanasia | 5 Comments

Our Right to Die with Honor, Dignity and Peace

Posted on August 24, 2024 by Philosopher Muse

“To prepare oneself for death is to prepare oneself for freedom. The one who has learned to die has unlearned to be a slave.” – Montaigne Do Canadians have the right to die with honor, dignity and peace? What about … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Justice | Tagged Aid in Dying, Aided Dying, Assisted Dying, Assisted Suicide, Canada, death, Death with Dignity, Euthanasia, Freedom to Die, Right to Die, Self-deliverance, Self-sacrifice, Suicide, Voluntary Euthanasia | 8 Comments

Is a Life without Meaning worth Living?

Posted on December 9, 2023 by Philosopher Muse

“What could destroy us more quickly than working, thinking, and feeling without any inner necessity, without any deeply personal choice, without pleasure – as an automaton of ‘duty’?” ― Friedrich Nietzsche Should you ask for my opinion on the matter … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy | Tagged Assisted Suicide, Freedom to Die, Meaning, Rational Suicide, Right to Die, Suicide, Thomas Schramme | Leave a comment

The Reemergence of Satan’s Choice

Posted on May 27, 2023 by Philosopher Muse

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.” — Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil So you’re … Continue reading →

Posted in Dystopia | Tagged Apollyon, Civil war, Euthanasia, Occult, Satan's Choice, Satanism, Suicide, The New Yorker Crimes, Vigilantism, Warcraft, Witchcraft | Leave a comment

Prepare for Death & Learn to Die

Posted on May 6, 2023 by Philosopher Muse

“If you would hear my advice, then practice and train yourself in this: how to welcome death, or even summon it if circumstances so indicate. It matters not whether death comes to us or we to death.” – Lucius Annaeus … Continue reading →

Posted in Political Satire | Tagged Assisted Suicide, compassion, death, dying, Euthanasia, Freedom to Die, Humaneness, Humanity, Liberality, MAID, Right to Die, Social Justice, Suicide, The Government of Canada | 14 Comments

Death Awaits Us All

Posted on March 26, 2022 by Philosopher Muse

“There is no way to know for certain the place and time where death lies waiting for us, so let us wait for death at every moment along the way… We ought to prepare for death even before we plan … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy, Poetry | Tagged death, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Stoicism, Suicide | 1 Comment

The Practice of Dying Well

Posted on December 18, 2016 by Philosopher Muse

“And we must consider that humans have forgotten That which from the beginning, and now still, they want and long for. For everything reaches out to That and longs for It by necessity of nature, as if divining by instinct … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy, Psychology, Self Improvement, Spirituality | Tagged analytical psychology, creativity, death, dying, ego, healing, Know thyself, non-self, Poem, Poetry, Psyche, Psychology, self, shadow, Soul, Spirituality, Suicide, therapy | Leave a comment

SUICIDE – On going out of the body

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Philosopher Muse

“When he was on the point of death… he said, ‘Try to bring back the god in us to the divine in the All!’ and, as a snake crept under the bed on which he was lying and disappeared into … Continue reading →

Posted in Mysticism, Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality | Tagged Enneads, Neoplatonism, Platonic, Plotinus, Suicide | Leave a comment