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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... Translation by Plinio Prioreschi . 22. Jacques Choron , Death and Western Thought , The Macmillan Company , New York , 1963 , p . 96 . 23. Pasquale Villari , The Life and Time of Niccolò Machiavelli , translated by Linda Villari , New ...
... Translation by Plinio Prioreschi . 22. Jacques Choron , Death and Western Thought , The Macmillan Company , New York , 1963 , p . 96 . 23. Pasquale Villari , The Life and Time of Niccolò Machiavelli , translated by Linda Villari , New ...
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... Translation by Jacques Choron . 34. Quoted by : Jacques Choron , Death and Western Thought , The Macmillan Company ... Translation by Jacques Choron . 36. Ibid . , p . 107 , # 166 . " We run toward the precipice , after we have put ...
... Translation by Jacques Choron . 34. Quoted by : Jacques Choron , Death and Western Thought , The Macmillan Company ... Translation by Jacques Choron . 36. Ibid . , p . 107 , # 166 . " We run toward the precipice , after we have put ...
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... Translation by Alexander Pope . 2. Translation by Jacques Choron . 3. Homer , Iliad , Book XI . Translation by Alexander Pope . 4. Ibid . , Book XVI . 5. " Antigone , " in : The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles , translation by Paul Roche ...
... Translation by Alexander Pope . 2. Translation by Jacques Choron . 3. Homer , Iliad , Book XI . Translation by Alexander Pope . 4. Ibid . , Book XVI . 5. " Antigone , " in : The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles , translation by Paul Roche ...
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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