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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... book whose pages have deteriorated so much that the text has become illegible , still exists , in fact it is still a book , but , because the changes have gone beyond a certain point ( in this case the legibility of the text ) , we ...
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... Book XI . Translation by Alexander Pope . 4. Ibid . , Book XVI . 5. " Antigone , " in : The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles , translation by Paul Roche , Mentor , New York , 1958 , pp . 180,181 . Quoted by : Jacques Choron , Death and ...
... Book XI . Translation by Alexander Pope . 4. Ibid . , Book XVI . 5. " Antigone , " in : The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles , translation by Paul Roche , Mentor , New York , 1958 , pp . 180,181 . Quoted by : Jacques Choron , Death and ...
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... Book of Death , Oxford , Oxford University Press , 1983 , p . 324 . 38. Immanuel Frances ( 1618 - c.1710 ) , Epithaph on a Dwarf , translated by Hyam Maccoby , quoted by : D.J. Enright ( Ed . ) , The Oxford Book of Death , Oxford ...
... Book of Death , Oxford , Oxford University Press , 1983 , p . 324 . 38. Immanuel Frances ( 1618 - c.1710 ) , Epithaph on a Dwarf , translated by Hyam Maccoby , quoted by : D.J. Enright ( Ed . ) , The Oxford Book of Death , Oxford ...
Inhalt
Man and death | 3 |
Death as a natural phenomenon | 37 |
Death and philosophy | 75 |
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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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