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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... suffer . Suffering is not , therefore , some kind of damage that is done to one , it is not a matter of disfunction or privation or misfortune . It is an unrelenting existential condition ... Buddha insists that the cause of this ...
... suffer . Suffering is not , therefore , some kind of damage that is done to one , it is not a matter of disfunction or privation or misfortune . It is an unrelenting existential condition ... Buddha insists that the cause of this ...
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... suffering a mental anguish at the thought of death and that was not 44 sufficient reason for inducing coma . " Now ... suffering , since drugs can be given for pain , itching , and other discomforts . The belief has long died that ...
... suffering a mental anguish at the thought of death and that was not 44 sufficient reason for inducing coma . " Now ... suffering , since drugs can be given for pain , itching , and other discomforts . The belief has long died that ...
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... suffer , its suffering is put to an end . And here , a human being the highest and noblest of created things , must linger and suffer on until the vital organs give way , which may be an indefinite number of years . What a cruel order ...
... suffer , its suffering is put to an end . And here , a human being the highest and noblest of created things , must linger and suffer on until the vital organs give way , which may be an indefinite number of years . What a cruel order ...
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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