A History of Human Responses to Death: Mythologies, Rituals, and EthicsE. Mellen Press, 1990 - 508 Seiten This study examines death and its impact on human thinking from a biological and historical viewpoint. It finds that fear of death is the motive behind the human need to accomplish anything. It also discusses care of the terminally ill, mercy killing, suicide, and the death penalty. |
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... Middle Ages to modern times , is also underlined by other occurrences . One is the change in the style of the last will . In the Middle Ages the testament was not only a document that dealt with the distribution of the possessions of ...
... Middle Ages to modern times , is also underlined by other occurrences . One is the change in the style of the last will . In the Middle Ages the testament was not only a document that dealt with the distribution of the possessions of ...
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... Middle Ages to the Present , Baltimore , The Johns Hopkins University Press , 1974 , p . 17 . 28. Philippe Ariès , Western Attitudes Toward Death : From the Middle Ages to the Present , Baltimore , The Johns Hopkins University Press ...
... Middle Ages to the Present , Baltimore , The Johns Hopkins University Press , 1974 , p . 17 . 28. Philippe Ariès , Western Attitudes Toward Death : From the Middle Ages to the Present , Baltimore , The Johns Hopkins University Press ...
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... Middle Ages to the Present , Baltimore , The Johns Hopkins University Press , 1974 , pp . 63 , 64-65 . 34. Erwin Panofsky , Tomb Sculpture , New York , Harry N. Abrams Inc. , 1966 , p . 71 . 35. Philippe Ariès , Western Attitudes Toward ...
... Middle Ages to the Present , Baltimore , The Johns Hopkins University Press , 1974 , pp . 63 , 64-65 . 34. Erwin Panofsky , Tomb Sculpture , New York , Harry N. Abrams Inc. , 1966 , p . 71 . 35. Philippe Ariès , Western Attitudes Toward ...
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Man and death | 3 |
b The necessity of death The Second | 11 |
c The impossibility of death | 19 |
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A History of Human Responses to Death: Mythologies, Rituals, and Ethics Plinio Prioreschi Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1990 |
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