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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... punishment only when it entailed rebirth in the form of some inferior animal but that it would be a source of relief from the fear of death for the poor who might hope to improve his lot in the next life . Everybody can understand that ...
... punishment only when it entailed rebirth in the form of some inferior animal but that it would be a source of relief from the fear of death for the poor who might hope to improve his lot in the next life . Everybody can understand that ...
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... punishment ( because of the small chances of being caught ) . In other words , it could have been a question of not enough punishment rather than inability of the death penalty to deter . What about Mr. Hespel ? We do not know the ...
... punishment ( because of the small chances of being caught ) . In other words , it could have been a question of not enough punishment rather than inability of the death penalty to deter . What about Mr. Hespel ? We do not know the ...
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... punishment by the major religions , the fear of the afterlife is today less important than in other times . In the Middle Ages , when religion influenced , perhaps more than at any other time , the attitude of man toward death , the ...
... punishment by the major religions , the fear of the afterlife is today less important than in other times . In the Middle Ages , when religion influenced , perhaps more than at any other time , the attitude of man toward death , 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