> I would hope that for consistency, Illich on principle refused to take treatment If memory serves Illich tolerated (and perhaps died from?) a prominent tumor

> I would hope that for consistency, Illich on principle refused to take treatment If memory serves Illich tolerated (and perhaps died from?) a prominent tumor on his face which he refused to have treated. (That I would remember him as an exception in part makes your point.) Apparent confirmation: "His charisma, brilliance and spirituality were clear to anyone who encountered him; these qualities sustained him in a heroic level of activity over the last 10 years in the context of terrible suffering caused by a disfiguring cancer." From the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/dec/09/guardianobituaries.highereducation https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/dec/09/guardianobituar...