Autores:
  • There is a collective as well as an individual humor inclining peoples to sadness or cheerfulness, making them see things in bright or somber lights. In fact, only society can pass a collective opinion on the value of human life; for this the individual is incompetent.

    John A. Spaulding, George Simpson, Emile Durkheim (2010). “Suicide”, p.213, Simon and Schuster