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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... Dasein , in contrast , is not merely ready - to - hand ; it is not merely something to be manipulated , used for someone's ends . Rather Dasein does the manipulating , it defines the ends , that " towards - which " our manipulations aim ...
... Dasein , in contrast , is not merely ready - to - hand ; it is not merely something to be manipulated , used for someone's ends . Rather Dasein does the manipulating , it defines the ends , that " towards - which " our manipulations aim ...
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... Dasein can uncover entities in themselves and free them " ( p . 270 ) . Now , " entities are uncovered only when Dasein is ; and only as long as Dasein is , are they disclosed " ( p . 269 ) . That is , truth is a characteristic of our ...
... Dasein can uncover entities in themselves and free them " ( p . 270 ) . Now , " entities are uncovered only when Dasein is ; and only as long as Dasein is , are they disclosed " ( p . 269 ) . That is , truth is a characteristic of our ...
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... Dasein has when it initiates the process : as long as any Dasein is , “ it ... is already its ' not - yet ' " ( p . 288 ) . The structure is there in Dasein in the sense that people anticipate and think about the future that they are ...
... Dasein has when it initiates the process : as long as any Dasein is , “ it ... is already its ' not - yet ' " ( p . 288 ) . The structure is there in Dasein in the sense that people anticipate and think about the future that they are ...
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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