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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... hands . Cézanne has time stand still as in eternity . This motif was never repeated by the artist . Klee's life ... hand and lies on an absolutely barren ground with stones as pillows . The background of this scene is formed by an ...
... hands . Cézanne has time stand still as in eternity . This motif was never repeated by the artist . Klee's life ... hand and lies on an absolutely barren ground with stones as pillows . The background of this scene is formed by an ...
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... hand the timeless clock , though referring to eternity , may not refer to death . Chagall's Time is a River Without Banks uses this motif . On a broad river floats a tiny boat , apparently a symbol of human life carried on the back of ...
... hand the timeless clock , though referring to eternity , may not refer to death . Chagall's Time is a River Without Banks uses this motif . On a broad river floats a tiny boat , apparently a symbol of human life carried on the back of ...
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... hand rose up from an opening in the table and gave him a tiny flower . " On another occasion , " he recalled , " a small hand and arm like a baby's appeared to play about a lady who was sitting next to me and patted my arm and pulled my ...
... hand rose up from an opening in the table and gave him a tiny flower . " On another occasion , " he recalled , " a small hand and arm like a baby's appeared to play about a lady who was sitting next to me and patted my arm and pulled my ...
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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