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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... killed in war is a shocking fact . The number of people killed by totalitarian or extreme authoritarian governments already far exceeds that for all wars , civil and international . Indeed , this number already approximate the number ...
... killed in war is a shocking fact . The number of people killed by totalitarian or extreme authoritarian governments already far exceeds that for all wars , civil and international . Indeed , this number already approximate the number ...
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... killed by free democratic governments , a fact that should start most readers . This figure includes the French massacres in Algeria before and during the Algerian War ( 36,000 killed , at a minimum ) , and those Eastern European killed ...
... killed by free democratic governments , a fact that should start most readers . This figure includes the French massacres in Algeria before and during the Algerian War ( 36,000 killed , at a minimum ) , and those Eastern European killed ...
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... killed 64 % more people than died in the 10 - year Vietnam War . Overall the best estimate of those killed by the victorious communists in Vietnam , Laos and Cambodia is 2,270,000 . And the killing still goes on . To view this double ...
... killed 64 % more people than died in the 10 - year Vietnam War . Overall the best estimate of those killed by the victorious communists in Vietnam , Laos and Cambodia is 2,270,000 . And the killing still goes on . To view this double ...
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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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