He will have done so only after weighing the arguments of debate which are almost as old as philosophy itself. The recent tendency to see suicide in pathological terms would not have interested a thinker of Korner's stamp. His sympathies were with the Enlightenment, which in the shape of Hume and Rousseau recognised the right to suicide. Suicide has always been one of the clearest demarcation lines between paganism, ancient and modern, and the Judaeo-Christian tradition. There is no explicit biblical condemnation of suicide, but the ecclesiastical one is unequivocal.
Christians are, of course, no more proof against despair than others.
Yet even in a secular age, moral revulsion against suicide remains strong even among non-believers. If anything is not allowed, then suicide is not allowed. The Korners answered that problem in their own way. For once, I submit, their high seriousness failed them. This material is subject to copyright and any unauthorised use, copying or mirroring is prohibited.