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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... according to which is ordained ; for they give reparation to one another and pay the penalty of their injustice according to the disposition of time . " 4 Evidently , the first original philosophical text is obscure , a characteristic ...
... according to which is ordained ; for they give reparation to one another and pay the penalty of their injustice according to the disposition of time . " 4 Evidently , the first original philosophical text is obscure , a characteristic ...
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... according to sex , social status , manner of death , special circumstances ( e.g. twins , among the Nuer , are not buried but placed in the fork of a tree2 ) , and many other factors . The options , however , are limited to inhumation ...
... according to sex , social status , manner of death , special circumstances ( e.g. twins , among the Nuer , are not buried but placed in the fork of a tree2 ) , and many other factors . The options , however , are limited to inhumation ...
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... According to the Assyrians and Babylonians , Utnapishtim , his wife , his daughter , and the boatman of the Babylonian ark , never died.2 In the Old Testament , we find that Enoch ( Gen. 5:24 [ cf. Heb . 11 : 5 ] ) and Elijah ( II Kings ...
... According to the Assyrians and Babylonians , Utnapishtim , his wife , his daughter , and the boatman of the Babylonian ark , never died.2 In the Old Testament , we find that Enoch ( Gen. 5:24 [ cf. Heb . 11 : 5 ] ) and Elijah ( II Kings ...
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Man and death | 3 |
Death as a natural phenomenon | 37 |
Death and philosophy | 75 |
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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