Émile Durkheim quote: Maniacal suicide. —This is due to hallucinations or delirious conceptions. The patient kills himself to escape from an imaginary danger ...

Maniacal suicide. —This is due to hallucinations or delirious conceptions. The patient kills himself to escape from an imaginary danger or disgrace, or to obey a mysterious order from on high, etc.

~ Émile Durkheim ~

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Maniacal suicide. —This is due to hallucinations or delirious conceptions. The patient kills himself...

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