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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... hand " ( p . 98 ) . Things that are ready - to - hand are defined by the functions they serve when we manipulate them ; the term ' water pitcher ' indicates that directly . When the tool is used by us to serve one of its functions , we ...
... hand " ( p . 98 ) . Things that are ready - to - hand are defined by the functions they serve when we manipulate them ; the term ' water pitcher ' indicates that directly . When the tool is used by us to serve one of its functions , we ...
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... 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 to achieve when we use equipment that is ready ...
... 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 to achieve when we use equipment that is ready ...
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... hand , we are mortal . That means that we cannot possibly achieve what we aim to achieve , what we project for ... hand required to meet a divine standard of moral perfection while we are on the other hand merely human and incapable of ...
... hand , we are mortal . That means that we cannot possibly achieve what we aim to achieve , what we project for ... hand required to meet a divine standard of moral perfection while we are on the other hand merely human and incapable of ...
Contents
Where Death Is I Am Not Lucretius | 29 |
Overcoming Death Socrates and His Successors | 77 |
The Epicurean Reply Hume | 167 |
Copyright | |
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