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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... continue to increase and , if so , how much . Although some have considered the possibility that it may not increase significantly any more ( e.g. Fries34 ) , others have found evidence of increase : evidence ... indicates that life ...
... continue to increase and , if so , how much . Although some have considered the possibility that it may not increase significantly any more ( e.g. Fries34 ) , others have found evidence of increase : evidence ... indicates that life ...
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... continue into eternity - its elements hardly last seven years , in fact . But it does mean that there will be a continuity of my personality and that a means of expression and relationship , at least as suitable as my body is now for ...
... continue into eternity - its elements hardly last seven years , in fact . But it does mean that there will be a continuity of my personality and that a means of expression and relationship , at least as suitable as my body is now for ...
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... continue speaking as if the deceased was still alive ; if the deceased was a first - born son , his right hand is raised and held up with a string tied to the ceiling . The body is then put in a sitting position on a bench called the ...
... continue speaking as if the deceased was still alive ; if the deceased was a first - born son , his right hand is raised and held up with a string tied to the ceiling . The body is then put in a sitting position on a bench called the ...
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Man and death | 3 |
b The necessity of death The Second | 11 |
c The impossibility of death | 19 |
Urheberrecht | |
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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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abortion afterlife ancient animals annihilation Atman Attitudes Toward Death become belief body brain death Buddha Buddhism burial buried called cause century Christian Church committed concept concerning considered continue corpse course cremation crime D.J. Enright D.S. Brewer Davidson and W.M.S. dead Death and Existence Death and Western death penalty deceased disease doctrine dying Elizabeth Kübler-Ross energy entropy Erwin Panofsky eschatology eternal euthanasia evident example fact fear of death feeling Folklore of Ghosts funerary Herman Feifel Hinduism human Ibid individual Jacques Choron John McManners Judaism killed living Macmillan Company man's maximum life span means Middle Ages mortal murder nature Oxford pain patient person Philippe Ariès Philosophical Library Plinio Prioreschi primitive problem of death punishment Quoted reason religion religious Renaissance resurrection Roman samsara sculpture Second Law Sheol soul span spirit suffering suicide survival thou tombs tradition Translation University Press usually W.M.S. Russell Western Thought words York