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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... idea of death , let alone of the inevitability of it . Slowly , primitive man must have started to ponder on the observation that none of the men who were old when he was a child were still alive , that as he got older more and more of ...
... idea of death , let alone of the inevitability of it . Slowly , primitive man must have started to ponder on the observation that none of the men who were old when he was a child were still alive , that as he got older more and more of ...
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... idea that was only floating on the surface of my soul , as delicate and feeble as all the rest , but in truth not only free from distress but mingled with that sweet feeling that people have who have let themselves slide into sleep . I ...
... idea that was only floating on the surface of my soul , as delicate and feeble as all the rest , but in truth not only free from distress but mingled with that sweet feeling that people have who have let themselves slide into sleep . I ...
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... idea . " " 90 The eschatology of Buddhism presents some particularly interesting problems . Similarly to Hinduism , Buddhism teaches that if life is suffering and , therefore , if samsara , the wheel of death and rebirth , is a curse ...
... idea . " " 90 The eschatology of Buddhism presents some particularly interesting problems . Similarly to Hinduism , Buddhism teaches that if life is suffering and , therefore , if samsara , the wheel of death and rebirth , is a curse ...
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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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