Suicide
event · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
also in the atlas: Suicide the idea
Cato's suicide · his last night · suicide · to seek death to escape troubles
spoken of as
1 expressionCato's death“suicide”1 mention
On Providence (Latin)
it was not enough for the immortal gods to behold Cato once.
in the texts
Nicomachean Ethics
The act of seeking death to escape hardship, characterized as cowardice rather than courage.
On Providence
Cato's self-inflicted death at Utica, narrated as an act of supreme virtue watched with special joy by the gods, who caused the wound to fail so it could be repeated.
it was not enough for the immortal gods to behold Cato once.
as on his last night he still pursued his studies;