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Hoovooloo Started conversation Jun 18, 2001
Hi. Scratched the surface of your website. Found the following quote, re suicide:
"It has been with us since records began, and shows no signs that it was new then."
I'm no authority. However, you really should read "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind" by Julian Jaynes (ISBN 0-14-017491-5) (Douglas Adams is quoted on the cover as saying "Quite possibly a book of the century" - do you need a better recommendation?)
This book postulates (indeed, argues extremely convincingly) that consciousness is a relatively recent phenomenon. It also argues that the suicide of Saul in the Old Testament is the first suicide in history. Read this book!
(apologies if you have already - even more apologies if it says somewhere on your website and I just haven't found it yet!)
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xyroth Posted Jul 12, 2001
no I have not read the bok, but I will try and find a copy.
I have also just noticed that the page on my website called suicide needs a better title. any ideas?
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