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Card #c304IR // #c304Synthesis

Both by thee and all pious persons, the Soul should be retained in the keeping of the body: not without His command, by whom that Soul is given to you, must it depart from mortal life, lest you should appear to be untrue to that duty to Mankind which has been assigned to you by the Deity.

— In our words · Source: Somnium Scipionis (Cicero (Vol. V, with L.O. essay))

[Use when]

When a tradition forbids self-exit as betrayal of post, not as property crime.

[Why it matters]

Suicide/exit without command is framed as desertion of assigned human duty.

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