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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... concerning the problem of death . At the beginning , philosophical speculation was mixed with religion and the two were not distinguishable as separate entities . From the earliest times , religion relieved man's fear of death by ...
... concerning the problem of death . At the beginning , philosophical speculation was mixed with religion and the two were not distinguishable as separate entities . From the earliest times , religion relieved man's fear of death by ...
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... concerning the number of angels on the head of a pin : many would deny the existence of angels and , even if we accept their existence , we have no way of knowing how many could fit on the pin . 25 So far we have reached only negative ...
... concerning the number of angels on the head of a pin : many would deny the existence of angels and , even if we accept their existence , we have no way of knowing how many could fit on the pin . 25 So far we have reached only negative ...
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... concerning its presence so that , after a while , the presence of the hat is not felt any more ; then it is only by concentrating our attention on the top of our head that we can decide if we are wearing a hat or not . The phenomenon of ...
... concerning its presence so that , after a while , the presence of the hat is not felt any more ; then it is only by concentrating our attention on the top of our head that we can decide if we are wearing a hat or not . The phenomenon of ...
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