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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... justified , by our faith in God and in the sacrifice that He has made . Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus ... ( Rom . , 3 , 24 ) . It is thus faith that makes us , if we are , “ pure of ...
... justified , by our faith in God and in the sacrifice that He has made . Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus ... ( Rom . , 3 , 24 ) . It is thus faith that makes us , if we are , “ pure of ...
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... justified : the hope is already within us , the justification already achieved . Indeed , the salvation , union with the One , is already actual , if only latent within us . In any case , whether one simply hopes , with Socrates , or ...
... justified : the hope is already within us , the justification already achieved . Indeed , the salvation , union with the One , is already actual , if only latent within us . In any case , whether one simply hopes , with Socrates , or ...
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... justification for that principle that is very different from that of Aquinas , that is , the justification that is grounded in the Socratic metaphysics of explanation . On this different justification it turns out that suicide can be ...
... justification for that principle that is very different from that of Aquinas , that is , the justification that is grounded in the Socratic metaphysics of explanation . On this different justification it turns out that suicide can be ...
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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