For Durkheim, “[…] Suicide is, any death which is caused, mediately or immediately, by an act, positive or negative, carried out by the victim himself beginning with its very definition Durkheim begins to doubt by stating that: “ the intention is too intimate a thing, to be appreciated from the outside ” as regards the suicidal act and the intimate nature of the various means and ends leading to it.
Para Durkheim, […] se llama suicidio, toda muerte que resulta, mediata o inmediatamente, de un acto, positivo o negativo, realizado por la víctima misma. Desde su propia definición Durkheim empieza a dudar al plantear que: La intención es una cosa demasiado íntima, para que pueda ser apreciada desde fuera en lo que atañe al acto suicida y a la naturaleza íntima de los diversos medios y fines que conducen a él.