Suicide is unlawful, for every affliction is a karmic necessity

Download or read book Suicide is unlawful, for every affliction is a karmic necessity written by Olympiodorus the Younger, Thomas Taylor, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and published by Philaletheians UK. This book was released on 2018-01-12 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When the truly worthy man is placed in difficult circumstances, yet not of such a magnitude as to prevent him from energizing intellectually, in this case it is not lawful for him to commit suicide; for the affliction is from Divinity, and is analogous to the castigation of a son by his father. For, according to the Platonic philosophy, everything afflictive in life either exercises, or corrects, or punishes. And the most worthy men sometimes require for the health of their souls, severe endurance, in the same manner as the most athletic require great exercise for the health of their bodies." — Thomas Taylor