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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... period of justice and peace . 104 In the day of reckoning , each individual will be judged and he will go either to the bliss of the Garden or to the torment of the Fire . A verse of the Qur'an ( 7:46 ) has been interpreted by some as ...
... period of justice and peace . 104 In the day of reckoning , each individual will be judged and he will go either to the bliss of the Garden or to the torment of the Fire . A verse of the Qur'an ( 7:46 ) has been interpreted by some as ...
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... period after death , may be conceived as one of the most extreme forms of denial of death . Practiced extensively by the ancient Egyptians ( see below ) , it was not limited , however , to the European side of the Atlantic , as mummies ...
... period after death , may be conceived as one of the most extreme forms of denial of death . Practiced extensively by the ancient Egyptians ( see below ) , it was not limited , however , to the European side of the Atlantic , as mummies ...
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... period , the dangerous aspect of music was lost , and the singing sirens of Homer , sometimes equated with the harpies , came to be identified with the gracious Muses who turned the heavenly spheres and sang for each its appropriate ...
... period , the dangerous aspect of music was lost , and the singing sirens of Homer , sometimes equated with the harpies , came to be identified with the gracious Muses who turned the heavenly spheres and sang for each its appropriate ...
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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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