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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... committed by men and that two thirds of their victims were wives or sweethearts . Another survey found that of the 13,650 murders in 1968 , 40 per cent were committed during arguments between acquaintances , and 30 per cent involved ...
... committed by men and that two thirds of their victims were wives or sweethearts . Another survey found that of the 13,650 murders in 1968 , 40 per cent were committed during arguments between acquaintances , and 30 per cent involved ...
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... committed within forty - eight hours of an electrocution . In 1961 , Delaware restored the death penalty after three brutal murders were committed ; ten days later a detective murdered his wife . Ironically , only a few weeks earlier ...
... committed within forty - eight hours of an electrocution . In 1961 , Delaware restored the death penalty after three brutal murders were committed ; ten days later a detective murdered his wife . Ironically , only a few weeks earlier ...
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... committed suicide to attract attention to 51 his work . The letter which President Vargas of Brazil wrote to his people , before committing suicide in 1954 , ends in the following way : ... I fought against the looting of Brazil . I ...
... committed suicide to attract attention to 51 his work . The letter which President Vargas of Brazil wrote to his people , before committing suicide in 1954 , ends in the following way : ... I fought against the looting of Brazil . I ...
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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abortion afterlife ancient animals annihilation Atman Attitudes Toward Death become belief body Buddha Buddhism burial buried called caused century Christian Church committed concept concerning considered corpse course cremation crime D.J. Enright D.S. Brewer Davidson and W.M.S. dead Death and Existence death and immortality Death and Western death penalty deceased doctrine dying Elizabeth Kübler-Ross Ellis Davidson Erwin Panofsky eschatology eternal euthanasia evident example fact fear of death feeling Folklore of Ghosts funerary Herman Feifel hero Hinduism human Ibid immortality individual Jacques Choron John Langone John McManners Judaism killed living Macmillan Company man's maximum life span means Middle Ages mortal murder Old Testament pain patient person Philippe Ariès Philosophical Library Plinio Prioreschi primitive problem of death punishment Quoted reason religion religious Renaissance resurrection Roman samsara sculpture Sheol soul spirit suffering suicide survival terminally ill thou tombs tradition Translation University Press usually Western Thought York