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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... Dying , Chicago , Aldine Publishing Company , 1965 , p . 88 . 16. Patrick B. Friel , " Death and Dying , " in Pauline L. Rabin and David Rabin ( Eds ) , To Provide Passage : The Humanistic Aspects of Medicine , New York , Philosophical ...
... Dying , Chicago , Aldine Publishing Company , 1965 , p . 88 . 16. Patrick B. Friel , " Death and Dying , " in Pauline L. Rabin and David Rabin ( Eds ) , To Provide Passage : The Humanistic Aspects of Medicine , New York , Philosophical ...
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... died of violent death or before completing certain duties , or the spirit of he that has died of hunger and imprisonment , he that has died of thirst and imprisonment , the hungry man who in his hunger has not smelt the smell ( of food ) ...
... died of violent death or before completing certain duties , or the spirit of he that has died of hunger and imprisonment , he that has died of thirst and imprisonment , the hungry man who in his hunger has not smelt the smell ( of food ) ...
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... died in childbirth . This was an untimely death , a curtailment of the normal course of life . The dead mother was ... dying and their mimicry was so convincing that , if they were met casually walking along the street , they might be ...
... died in childbirth . This was an untimely death , a curtailment of the normal course of life . The dead mother was ... dying and their mimicry was so convincing that , if they were met casually walking along the street , they might be ...
Inhalt
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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