Theocles to Euphranor: 13th, 14th and 15th Letters (IN: Philosophical Writings, ed. by D O Dahlstrom and M Mendelssohn)

This chapter presents the 13th, 14th, & 15th letters from Theocles to Euphranor. Lindamour’s defence of suicide is examined & rebutted. The author asserts that on the basis of a soul’s nature (self-preservation) it is proven that suicide is impermissible if one assumes that their soul is destroyed when they die. Other naturalist arguments are presented by the character Eudoxus to Theocles to rebut his philosophical position. (3 refs) (SC)