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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... span . However , examination of several aging cell populations in vivo reveals that there is no evidence that aging of any organ or group of cells is caused by a limited number of replications . In fact , it has been amply demonstrated ...
... span . However , examination of several aging cell populations in vivo reveals that there is no evidence that aging of any organ or group of cells is caused by a limited number of replications . In fact , it has been amply demonstrated ...
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... span of the organism are fixed by nature whereas the environment can be manipulated . For this reason the average life span ( life expectancy ) may improve but the maximum life span cannot . The flaw in this line of reasoning can be ...
... span of the organism are fixed by nature whereas the environment can be manipulated . For this reason the average life span ( life expectancy ) may improve but the maximum life span cannot . The flaw in this line of reasoning can be ...
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... span for a given species . What we observe is a life span under a given set of circumstances . The length of life is the result of the interaction between the organism and the external milieu . If either one changes , the maximum life span ...
... span for a given species . What we observe is a life span under a given set of circumstances . The length of life is the result of the interaction between the organism and the external milieu . If either one changes , the maximum life span ...
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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