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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... course , the tendency is to withdraw from that which , because it is seen as dangerous , evokes the fear . However , once the attitude is there , there are , usually , various ways in which one can deal with it . One can give in to the ...
... course , the tendency is to withdraw from that which , because it is seen as dangerous , evokes the fear . However , once the attitude is there , there are , usually , various ways in which one can deal with it . One can give in to the ...
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... course of things , or lead them into any inference concerning invisible intelligent power , they must be actuated by some passion , which prompts their thought and reflection ; some motive which urges their first enquiry . But what ...
... course of things , or lead them into any inference concerning invisible intelligent power , they must be actuated by some passion , which prompts their thought and reflection ; some motive which urges their first enquiry . But what ...
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... course , one cannot refute the suicide ; for in contradicting the truth about him- or herself , Dasein ceases to exist . The suicide is like a sceptic who denies that there is any truth . " A sceptic can no more be refuted than the ...
... course , one cannot refute the suicide ; for in contradicting the truth about him- or herself , Dasein ceases to exist . The suicide is like a sceptic who denies that there is any truth . " A sceptic can no more be refuted than the ...
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Notes to Chapter Three | 445 |
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