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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... burial is the usual practice for those who die on board ship . The practice of placing the body in a canoe and pushing it into the sea cannot strictly be called water burial ; it was practiced by people who were probably the descendants ...
... burial is the usual practice for those who die on board ship . The practice of placing the body in a canoe and pushing it into the sea cannot strictly be called water burial ; it was practiced by people who were probably the descendants ...
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... burial practices included the exhumation of the bones from the thousand of acres of burial grounds around the major cities to convert the land to agricultural use . The bones were to be buried in common graves . Another project foresaw ...
... burial practices included the exhumation of the bones from the thousand of acres of burial grounds around the major cities to convert the land to agricultural use . The bones were to be buried in common graves . Another project foresaw ...
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... Burial of Romanticism . " Actually , the painting's repercussions were more far - reaching . It would be more appropriate to speak of the " Burial of Premodern Art . " While El Greco's Burial had dealt with the end of a hero , Courbet ...
... Burial of Romanticism . " Actually , the painting's repercussions were more far - reaching . It would be more appropriate to speak of the " Burial of Premodern Art . " While El Greco's Burial had dealt with the end of a hero , Courbet ...
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Man and death | 3 |
Death as a natural phenomenon | 37 |
Death and philosophy | 75 |
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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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