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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... probably understood . The fact that death was inevitable , however , must have been a much later discovery . Such a concept implies not only experience but a capacity for abstraction probably lacking in primitive man as it is lacking in ...
... probably understood . The fact that death was inevitable , however , must have been a much later discovery . Such a concept implies not only experience but a capacity for abstraction probably lacking in primitive man as it is lacking in ...
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... ( probably very early man did not often have occasion to observe the remains long enough to note that eventually even the skeleton would decay ) and it kept the general form of the old body . It is interesting in this connection that ...
... ( probably very early man did not often have occasion to observe the remains long enough to note that eventually even the skeleton would decay ) and it kept the general form of the old body . It is interesting in this connection that ...
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... probably a preparation for rebirth . " It would appear as if here we had an indication either of the rather ... probably also to grant him special favors . An Assyrian king , probably one of the Sargonids , says concerning the burial of ...
... probably a preparation for rebirth . " It would appear as if here we had an indication either of the rather ... probably also to grant him special favors . An Assyrian king , probably one of the Sargonids , says concerning the burial of ...
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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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