Socrates, Lucretius, Camus: Two Philosophical Traditions on DeathThe present essay attempts to do something that has not been done in the recent literature concerning death, namely, to link reasons for attitudes towards death to reasons for different metaphysical postions on human being and the place of human being in the universe. Most recent discussions of death either place the topic directly in the context of nothing more than ethical considerations continued on the next page. |
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Contents
Where Death Is I Am Not Lucretius | 29 |
Overcoming Death Socrates and His Successors | 77 |
The Epicurean Reply Hume | 167 |
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absurd accept according achieve actions activity appear argues argument attitude become belief body Camus causes character clear concerning connections contrary course craving Dasein death desire developed entities Epicurus equally eternal existence experience explanation fact faith fear feel follows Forms give given grasp hand happiness hope human Hume Hume's idea immortality inevitable justified knowledge lead least living Lucretius matter meaning metaphysical Meursault mind moral moved Myth of Sisyphus nature necessary Note novel objective once one's ordinary ourselves pain particular passions patterns person philosophical pleasure Plotinus political position possible present Press principle question rational reason recognize regret relation relative requires rules sceptic sense simply social society Socrates sort soul Spinoza standard striving suggests suicide sure things thought transcendent true truth turn understand unity universe values virtue
Bibliographic information
| Title | Socrates, Lucretius, Camus: Two Philosophical Traditions on Death Volume 62 of Studies in the history of philosophy |
| Author | Fred Wilson |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Edwin Mellen Press, 2001 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 21 Aug 2007 |
| ISBN | 0773473696, 9780773473690 |
| Length | 519 pages |
| Subjects | › › Philosophy / History & Surveys / General Philosophy / Metaphysics Social Science / Sociology / General |
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