Suicide, conatus et conflictualité chez Spinoza

Spinoza and Kant on Suicide

In this paper I’m going to argue that both, Spinoza and Kant, construct the argument “for the impossibility of self-destruction” and examine how the concept of suicide relates to the concept of humanity in both philosophers. I will argue that Kant’s and Spinoza’s argument for the impossibility of self-destruction follows from the “external cause” premise and not from “the same subject” premise....

Reply to Nadler: Spinoza and the metaphysics of suicide

Steven Nadler has argued that Spinoza can, should, and does allow for the possibility of suicide committed as a free and rational action. Given that the conatus is a striving for perfection, Nadler argues, there are cases in which reason guides a person to end her life based on the principle of preferring the lesser evil. If so, Spinoza’s disparaging statements about suicide are intended to app...

La dose tolérée et toxique de la saponine chez les chèvres et les moutons

Flux De Protéines Endogènes Dans L'intestin Et Métabolisme Postprandial Des Acides Aminés Alimentaires Chez Les Mammifères Monogastriques Et Chez L'homme

Dietary protein quality depends on two key measures: true ileal protein digestibility and the metabolic utilization of absorbed amino acids (AA). The objectives of this study were to determine the influence of two dietary factors (antinutritional factors and peptides) on ileal endogenous protein flows; to validate the intubation technique used in humans for ileal digesta sampling; to determine ...

La Vaccination Antituberculeuse Avec Les Bacilles Vivants Chez Les Annimaux et Chez L'Homme

Tins is a French abridged translation from the original Italian. We have heard so much for and against ^almette's B. C. G. that this book, which studies the ?whole subject thoroughly, is specially welcome. There are twelve chapters; in the first four of these the author shows the value of B. C. G. given subcutaneously as an immunising agent especially in young cattle, and compares it favourably...