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Did Socrates Commit Suicide?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2009

R. G. Frey
R. G. Frey
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool
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It is rarely, if at all, thought that Socrates committed suicide; but such was the case, or so I want to suggest. My suggestion turns not upon any new interpretation of ancient sources but rather upon seeking a determination of the concept of suicide itself.

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Philosophy , Volume 53 , Issue 203 , January 1978 , pp. 106 - 108
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 1978

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