Philosophical views Pythagoreas|Pythagorean%DIFDELCMD < ] %%% held that all creatures were being punished by the gods who imprisoned the creatures' souls in a body. Thus, any attempt to alter this punishment would be seen as a direct violation of the gods' wills.Garland, Robert; The Greek Way of Death. (London: Duckworth, 1985) 98.  In the fourth century BC, the Hippocratic Oath was developed and reads, "I will not give a fatal draught to anyone if I am asked, nor will I suggest any such thing."The Guide to Life, the Universe, and Everything. BBC. “The Hippocratic Oath." 29 October 2006. Through the lens of the Hippocratic Oath, euthanasia by means of a fatal draught was forbidden. However, one of the most famous examples of deviation from this code occurred when the physician of Seneca, a philosopher and tutor of Nero, provided the scholar, who was 69 years old at the time, with poison for one of his many failed attempts at suicide.
 %DIFDELCMD < ] %%% eatures were being punished by the gods who imprisoned the creatures' souls in a body. Thus, any attempt to alter this punishment would be seen as a direct violation (London: Duckworth, 1985) 98. </ref> In the fourth century BC, the Hippocratic Oath was developed and reads, "I will not give a fatal draught to anyone if I am asked, nor will I suggest any such thing."The Guide to Life, the Universe, and Everything. BBC. “The Hippocratic Oath." 29 October 2006. Through the lens of the Hippocratic Oath, euthanasia by means of a fatal draught was forbidden. However, one of the most famous examples of deviation from this code occurred when the physician of Seneca, a philosopher and tutor of Nero, provided the scholar, who was 69 years old at the time, with poison for one of his many failed attempts at suicide.
D
Philosophical views
D
Pythagoreas|Pythagorean
R
held that all creatures
eatures
D
of the gods' wills.Garland, Robert; The Greek Way of Death.
A
</ref>