“Certain observations do seem to show that too great heat excites man to kill himself. During the Egyptian campaign, the number of suicides in the French army seems to have increased and this growth was attributed to the rise in temperature. In the tropics men are often seen to throw themselves abruptly into the oceans under the direct rays of the sun. D. Dietrich relates that on a trip around the world from 1844-47 by Count Charles de Gortz he noticed an irresistible impulse among the sailors, called by him the horrors,”
Durkheim appeals to Logos to back the declaration vis-à-vis the causal function of temperature in terminal suicides. The ‘Egyptian campaign ‘is a Historical allusion that could be substantiated, thus it is not an imagined explanation. Furthermore, the citation of the tropics is accurate for it postulates the exact locality. High temperature galvanizes a suicidal compulsion that one may not have the capability to counterattack. Accordingly, it is imperious to circumvent surroundings with thrilling heat because they could elicit suicide.
“In the order of existence, no good is measureless. A biological quality can only fulfill the purpose it is meant to serve on condition that it does not transgress certain limits. So with social phenomena. If, as we have just seen, excessive individuation leads to suicide, insufficient individuation has the same effects. When man has become detached from society, he encounters less resistance to suicide in himself, and he does so likewise when social integration is strong.”
An intersection of Biological and social dynamics subsidizes suicide. Individualization should be well-adjusted to circumvent overindulgences of too much and restricted individualization for the extremes occasion suicidal judgements. Disinterest in society diminishes one capability to repel the suicidal whim. Similarly, extraordinary social integration could provoke suicide. Consequently, the biological and social influences of suicide are routinely tangled.
