El suicidio por causa ontológica: el caso Mainländer

espanolCuando la explicacion del suicidio se aborda desde la psiquiatria, la psicologia o sociologia, suele prevalecer una vision critica que persigue su prevencion. En filosofia, es posible poner enfasis en tratar de entender primero, a partir de los casos concretos que atesora la historia del pensamiento, por que muchas personas pueden llegar a percibir que sus vidas pierden valor por determinadas creencias o puntos de vista hasta el extremo de tornarse filosoficamente inviable. El caso de Mainlander enfrentara al lector a una cosmovision segun la cual el trasfondo de la realidad se vuelve una experiencia tan destructiva, que resulta imposible vivirla sin terminar danado, optandose simplemente por no perseverar mas en ella. Esa ley del sufrimiento es presentada, no obstante, como necesaria para el fin ultimo, el descanso en la paz eterna, la muerte absoluta, la nada. Este articulo sondea como el autor de La filosofia de la redencion materializa y aduce a razones ontologicas para acabar con su vida, horas despues de recibir la impresion fresca de su obra recien publicada. EnglishWhen suicide is explained from the point of view of psychiatry, psychology or sociology, a critical perspective often prevails, mainly focusing on its prevention. In philosophy, emphasis is placed firstly on attempting to understand, based on actual cases in the history of thought, why the life’s perception of many people can lose value, due to certain beliefs or points of view, to such an extent that life becomes philosophically non-viable. The case of Mainlander confronts the reader with a cosmovision according to which the background of reality becomes an experience so destructive that it results impossible for one to live without being hurt as a result, thus leaving one with the option to no longer persist with life. This law of suffering, however, is presented as necessary for the ultimate end, that is, resting in eternal peace, absolute death, nothingness. This article explores how the author of The Philosophy of Redemption materialize and adduce ontological arguments on this issue to end with his life barely hours after receiving a fresh copy of his work that had just been published.