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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... result of their impacts with their neighbors , this energy very quickly jolts away ... Because the energy disperses from the site of action , the atoms are trapped in their new arrangement . In particular , we have the beginning of a ...
... result of their impacts with their neighbors , this energy very quickly jolts away ... Because the energy disperses from the site of action , the atoms are trapped in their new arrangement . In particular , we have the beginning of a ...
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... result of fear , but also of a lowly craftiness that suggested that there is surely nothing to lose , but perhaps a lot to gain , by believing . The emphasis was on achievement , on the concrete outcome . The capacity of obtaining results ...
... result of fear , but also of a lowly craftiness that suggested that there is surely nothing to lose , but perhaps a lot to gain , by believing . The emphasis was on achievement , on the concrete outcome . The capacity of obtaining results ...
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... result of contrasting determinants : wearing an overcoat , for example , is the algebraic result of various determining agents like the cold , the bother of carrying the garment around , the wish to appear elegant , etc. It is evident ...
... result of contrasting determinants : wearing an overcoat , for example , is the algebraic result of various determining agents like the cold , the bother of carrying the garment around , the wish to appear elegant , etc. It is evident ...
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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