Suicide and Cosmic Factors It was believed that individual inclinations when combined with cosmic factors, or "cosmos factors" meaning changes in climate or season were capable of activating dormant potential natural aptitudes of certain persons for suicide. ... Thus, Durkheim says that suicide rates seem to change with variations in seasons merely because of the slowdown in economic activities leading to a change in the amount of social interaction further leading to a change in suicide rates (Suicide, pg.104-123). ...

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