Suicide (自杀) has been a cause of concern in most societies for a
long time. The classical Greeks, for example, required people who wanted to kill
themselves to get permission. While this law is not without humor by today’s
standards, it clearly shows an awareness of the problem in times going by. In
today’s society, there are more cases of suicide than we want to admit. Why do
people try to take their own lives The motives for suicide can
be categorized into areas such as failure, wrath (愤怒), the need for attention,
stress, and so on. However, the characters of a person who wants to take his own
life change from person to person, making it difficult to describe the typical
victim. To make the problem even more complicated people will often hide their
true feelings. Thus, this causes their friends to disregard problems that should
be viewed as serious. In the United States, a network of
centers has been created to attempt to prevent suicide. People who are bitter,
worried, or depressed are encouraged to contact workers at these centers. Their
workers offer advice to the callers, trying to help them to see that suicide as
a solution to problems is an illusion (幻觉). They have helped a lot of people
with a wide variety of problems. So, in the area of man helping his fellow man,
they are certainly a success. What should Greeks do when they wanted to kill themselves in ancient Greece
They should get ______.