The Oxford Book of DeathDennis Joseph Enright Oxford University Press, 1987 - 351 Seiten "Reading for this anthology," writes D.J. Enright, "I was moved to the thought that on no theme have writers shown themselves more lively." A survivor of Belsen voiced the same sentiment when, reflecting on the concentration camps, he wrote, "When in death we are in the midst of life." By turns poignant, tragic, comic, and inspiring, this anthology of thoughts about death ranges from ancient times to the present day--including almost 900 selections by poets, novelists, philosophers, scientists, and common people. Arranged under headings such as "Love," "War," "Last Words," and "Children," these selections show the varied, sometimes surprising, reactions of the dying and the bereaved to the final human act. |
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... eternal happiness for all its inmates . Similar claims are made for other holy places the Ganges , Debra Lebanos in Abyssinia , and so on . Some of the simpler crusaders probably believed that they would go straight to Heaven if they ...
... eternal happiness for all its inmates . Similar claims are made for other holy places the Ganges , Debra Lebanos in Abyssinia , and so on . Some of the simpler crusaders probably believed that they would go straight to Heaven if they ...
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... eternal in a person can be proved by the fact that despair cannot consume his self , that precisely this is the torment of contradiction in despair . If there were nothing eternal in a man , he could not despair at all ; if despair ...
... eternal in a person can be proved by the fact that despair cannot consume his self , that precisely this is the torment of contradiction in despair . If there were nothing eternal in a man , he could not despair at all ; if despair ...
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... eternal formula expressing their idiosyncrasy . When , however , it is clearly seen that another life , to ... eternal In an eternal night . ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE ( 1837-1909 ) , from " The Garden of Proserpine ' A man acts ...
... eternal formula expressing their idiosyncrasy . When , however , it is clearly seen that another life , to ... eternal In an eternal night . ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE ( 1837-1909 ) , from " The Garden of Proserpine ' A man acts ...
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VIEWS AND ATTITUDES | 21 |
THE HOUR OF DEATH | 43 |
SUICIDE | 83 |
Urheberrecht | |
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