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  • One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain one bestows on it the name of infinity; this does not change its nature. When one feels such pleasure in non-existence, one's inclination can be completely satisfied only by completely ceasing to exist.

    Emile Durkheim (2005). “Suicide: A Study in Sociology”, p.243, Routledge
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