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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... philosophical text is obscure , a characteristic that it shares , alas , with many subsequent original philosophical texts . In any case , it seems to indicate that Anaximander was concerned with death , and that , perhaps , he is ...
... philosophical text is obscure , a characteristic that it shares , alas , with many subsequent original philosophical texts . In any case , it seems to indicate that Anaximander was concerned with death , and that , perhaps , he is ...
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... philosophical renditions , does not give enough reassurance concerning the afterlife . Even if I , Caius , as a spiritual entity , will survive death , what will happen to me ? A philosophical solution , as opposed to a religious one ...
... philosophical renditions , does not give enough reassurance concerning the afterlife . Even if I , Caius , as a spiritual entity , will survive death , what will happen to me ? A philosophical solution , as opposed to a religious one ...
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... Philosophical Library , 1986 , p . 88 . 98. al - Ghazali , Durrha al - Fakhirah , quoted by : Jane Idleman Smith , Islam , in Encounters with Eternity , Christopher Jay Johnson and Marsha G. McGee ( Eds ) , New York , Philosophical ...
... Philosophical Library , 1986 , p . 88 . 98. al - Ghazali , Durrha al - Fakhirah , quoted by : Jane Idleman Smith , Islam , in Encounters with Eternity , Christopher Jay Johnson and Marsha G. McGee ( Eds ) , New York , Philosophical ...
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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