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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... organism to repair continuously its wear and tear caused by interaction with the environment . In other words , an organism is a self - repairing machine . Fractures , pneumonias , bruises , diarrheas , are the result of the interaction ...
... organism to repair continuously its wear and tear caused by interaction with the environment . In other words , an organism is a self - repairing machine . Fractures , pneumonias , bruises , diarrheas , are the result of the interaction ...
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... organism , often by several fold .... Fries suggests that the decline on function that occurs in most organs with aging can lead to " natural death " without disease .... [ but ] there is no documentation of its occurrence in human ...
... organism , often by several fold .... Fries suggests that the decline on function that occurs in most organs with aging can lead to " natural death " without disease .... [ but ] there is no documentation of its occurrence in human ...
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... organism itself ? Tremendous improvements are theoretically possible . At present , the main possibility of improvement seems to be offered by organ transplants . When an organ would have reached the end of its capacity to function in ...
... organism itself ? Tremendous improvements are theoretically possible . At present , the main possibility of improvement seems to be offered by organ transplants . When an organ would have reached the end of its capacity to function in ...
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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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abortion afterlife ancient animals Atman Attitudes Toward Death become belief body brain death Buddha Buddhism burial buried called cause century Christian Church committed concept concerning considered continue corpse course cremation crime D.J. Enright D.S. Brewer Davidson and W.M.S. dead Death and Existence Death and Western death penalty deceased disease doctrine dying Elizabeth Kübler-Ross energy entropy Erwin Panofsky eschatology eternal euthanasia evident example fact fear of death feeling Folklore of Ghosts funerary Herman Feifel Hinduism human Ibid individual Jacques Choron John McManners Judaism killed living Macmillan Company man's maximum life span means Middle Ages mortal murder nature Oxford pain patient person Philippe Ariès Philosophical Library Plinio Prioreschi primitive problem of death punishment Quoted reaction reason religion religious Renaissance resurrection Roman samsara sculpture Second Law Sheol soul span spirit suffering suicide survival terminally ill thou tombs tradition Translation University Press usually Western Thought words York