A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation continues. The discussion of “the terror of the night” segues into a discussion of the temptation to suicide. This week deals with more unusual motivations, to get them out of the way. Next week’s chapter returns to suicide for reasons of fear and depression, and is quite long. It would seem that the good saint knew plenty about this particular temptation. (I should warn you also that some of the opprobrious epithets in this chapter are not safe for work or little ones’ ears.) But characteristically, More gives us plenty of humor and his keen appreciation of human nature, to lighten a dark subject.
Btw, we’re almost at the end of Book Two!
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