Biathanatos (from Greek Βιαθανατος meaning "violent death") is a work by the English writer and clergyman John Donne.
Written in 1608 and published after his death,[1] it contains a heterodox defense of "self-homicide" (suicide), listing prominent Biblical examples including Jesus, Samson, Saul, and Judas Iscariot.
Thomas De Quincey responds to the work in his "On Suicide",[2] and Jorge Luis Borges responds in "Biathanatos".
[3] Donne begins by addressing his patron, Phillip Harbert, then divides the book, after a preface, into three parts, each part divided into distinctions, each distinction divided into sections.
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