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assigned to man is premature." But it is not ethical to commit suicide in the law.
Plato manages to find four exceptions. There are, when my mind is morally corrupt,

when ordered by a court, when forced in an extremely inevitable misfortune, when a
shame caused by an act of immorality is not saved (Rathnamalala, 2019). Plato's
pupil, Aristotle, argued against Plato, saying that taking his own life was not a crime

against society or the state, but that it was not in itself a crime. However, Emil
Durkheim was the greatest person who introduced suicide after theoretical and social

factors.

He has presented it with a classification. It is expected to be discussed under the
second subheading. Various ideas about suicide have been presented since and during

the Greek period. According to Augustine Hippo, in the Christian Middle Ages,
suicide is not an issue because it is an extension of the 5th Commandment, and
ThomasAqvines have suggested suicide for three reasons (Rathnamalala, 2019). In

the past, suicide was viewed as a sin. It is said that the funeral of the deceased has
not been seen. That is, the bodies of those who died were buried without dignity and

were recognized as a crime committed by him or her. Accordingly, King Louis XIV
issued a decree in 1670 that increased the penalty for those who attempted suicide. In
the Christian church too, bodies were buried outside the sacred tombs, making suicide

a sin. At the time, suicide was considered a crime and the rules were in place. In the
present case, suicide is considered a crime in the Penal Code. That is, Section 302 of

Chapter XVI of the 19th Amendment to the Penal Code (1991) has provided a
definition in this regard (Vijewardhana, 2019).

Some of the past cases of suicide have been discussed above, and it is clear that

suicide has existed in the past and that there is no definitive answer to prevent or
minimize it. The main reason for this is that human capacities, emotions and
knowledge are limited. Accordingly, if these issues are addressed, there is a

possibility that suicide may be reduced to some extent.

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