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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... Socrates says , " It is not , surely , the nature of Simmias to be taller than Socrates because he is Simmias but because of the tallness he happens to have " ( 102b6 - c2 ) . Simmias is taller than Socrates . But he is so not because ...
... Socrates says , " It is not , surely , the nature of Simmias to be taller than Socrates because he is Simmias but because of the tallness he happens to have " ( 102b6 - c2 ) . Simmias is taller than Socrates . But he is so not because ...
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... Socrates appeals to entities , Forms and souls . THREE . In both cases , one explains the temporal and changing order in terms of the timeless . In the case of Epicurus and ... Socrates is virtuous , upon the Socratic patterns , depends 96.
... Socrates appeals to entities , Forms and souls . THREE . In both cases , one explains the temporal and changing order in terms of the timeless . In the case of Epicurus and ... Socrates is virtuous , upon the Socratic patterns , depends 96.
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... Socrates that is described by Xenophon . This is the Socrates who is told by his god , his daimon , to undertake philosophy . As Socrates put it in the Apology , his playing his role as a " gadfly " was demanded by " a divine sign from ...
... Socrates that is described by Xenophon . This is the Socrates who is told by his god , his daimon , to undertake philosophy . As Socrates put it in the Apology , his playing his role as a " gadfly " was demanded by " a divine sign from ...
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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