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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... Lucretius calls the " spirit " or living force that moves the body ( p . 100 ) , and , in particular in the case of humans , moves it under control of the mind ( p . 108 ) . Lucretius argues in detail that so far as one can tell from ...
... Lucretius calls the " spirit " or living force that moves the body ( p . 100 ) , and , in particular in the case of humans , moves it under control of the mind ( p . 108 ) . Lucretius argues in detail that so far as one can tell from ...
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... Lucretius ' own view , of course , death is indeed not a threat . But if one rejects Lucretius ' view of the ontological structure of the universe and substitutes for it the views of Socrates or Plotinus ( or Augustine ) , then ...
... Lucretius ' own view , of course , death is indeed not a threat . But if one rejects Lucretius ' view of the ontological structure of the universe and substitutes for it the views of Socrates or Plotinus ( or Augustine ) , then ...
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... Lucretius suggested . To be sure , as Lucretius also suggested , and as the case of Samuel Johnson illustrates , the cure may actually make the disease worse . Hume , we have seen , argued in detail the same Epicurean thesis : religious ...
... Lucretius suggested . To be sure , as Lucretius also suggested , and as the case of Samuel Johnson illustrates , the cure may actually make the disease worse . Hume , we have seen , argued in detail the same Epicurean thesis : religious ...
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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