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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... developed into an extended lecture on Camus that I presented as part of a series of Distinguished Alumni Lectures at McMaster University . I am grateful to my alma mater for the opportunity to participate in that series . Comments on ...
... developed into an extended lecture on Camus that I presented as part of a series of Distinguished Alumni Lectures at McMaster University . I am grateful to my alma mater for the opportunity to participate in that series . Comments on ...
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... develop a metaphysics that on the one hand supports this position and on the other hand is in radical disagreement with the metaphysics developed by Epicurus and Lucretius . Chapter Four examines the modern response to the metaphysics ...
... develop a metaphysics that on the one hand supports this position and on the other hand is in radical disagreement with the metaphysics developed by Epicurus and Lucretius . Chapter Four examines the modern response to the metaphysics ...
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... develop in response to the fear of death , to what are seen as threats to our being and well - being ... developed in order to curb the fear of death ; those same principles make such a fear reasonable . How , then , can ...
... develop in response to the fear of death , to what are seen as threats to our being and well - being ... developed in order to curb the fear of death ; those same principles make such a fear reasonable . How , then , can ...
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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