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John Kaag || How William James Can Save Your Life
The Psychology Podcast
The Dilemma of Determinism
Suicide can be regarded not as a letting go, but rather a weighing claim to a life that is otherwise out of control. N the tiesin with a lot of the themes in william james's life, right? You argued what he really wanted in his life was not to have non existence, but to have control of his existence. Is that about right? That's right. I mean, we often sometimes think that suicide and considering suicide is a weak action to many nineteenth century philosophers and ics,. for example, in ancient thought, thought that suicide, in contemplating suicide, was simply an issue of contemplating life's worth.
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