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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... Nature : that although , in any process , the total quantity of energy must be conserved ( First Law ) , the ... nature . This is the Second Law at work : ... we appear to have identified a fundamental tax : Nature accepts the ...
... Nature : that although , in any process , the total quantity of energy must be conserved ( First Law ) , the ... nature . This is the Second Law at work : ... we appear to have identified a fundamental tax : Nature accepts the ...
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... Nature has provided us with special substances ( endorphins ) which protect us against the physical pain of death . Schopenhauer , interestingly , in spite of his pessimism , holds that Nature has provided us with the means to overcome ...
... Nature has provided us with special substances ( endorphins ) which protect us against the physical pain of death . Schopenhauer , interestingly , in spite of his pessimism , holds that Nature has provided us with the means to overcome ...
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... nature will is unaffected by death . And this " indestructibility of our true nature " is one of the pillars on which Schopenhauer's complex answer to death rests . And Sartre concludes that " death is never that which gives meaning to ...
... nature will is unaffected by death . And this " indestructibility of our true nature " is one of the pillars on which Schopenhauer's complex answer to death rests . And Sartre concludes that " death is never that which gives meaning to ...
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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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