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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... religion , for long ignored by the intellectual elite , had also become generally discredited . In this spiritual vacuum , panis et circenses were the prominent , everyday preoccupations of the people . Death was feared more than before ...
... religion , for long ignored by the intellectual elite , had also become generally discredited . In this spiritual vacuum , panis et circenses were the prominent , everyday preoccupations of the people . Death was feared more than before ...
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... religions emerged . Probably the word religion comes from the Latin religare which means " to join together , " " to bind . " 2 A religion is indeed a body of beliefs that unites , ties together the believers . For this reason the ...
... religions emerged . Probably the word religion comes from the Latin religare which means " to join together , " " to bind . " 2 A religion is indeed a body of beliefs that unites , ties together the believers . For this reason the ...
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... religion , or for that matter of any religion ( e.g. " God is eternal " , " God is omnipotent " , etc. ) , would appear equally absurd and religions would cease to exist . This urge to reconcile religion with the data of science ( and ...
... religion , or for that matter of any religion ( e.g. " God is eternal " , " God is omnipotent " , etc. ) , would appear equally absurd and religions would cease to exist . This urge to reconcile religion with the data of science ( and ...
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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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