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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... natural , so is the state , for it is the end of them , and the nature of a thing is its end . For what each thing is when fully developed , we call its nature , whether we are speaking of a man , a horse , or a family . Besides , the ...
... natural , so is the state , for it is the end of them , and the nature of a thing is its end . For what each thing is when fully developed , we call its nature , whether we are speaking of a man , a horse , or a family . Besides , the ...
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... Nature of an independent substance , as in Aristotle , but the Nature of an entity that is part of a larger entity which is the only true substance , and where human Nature is but part of a larger Natural order . As in Aristotle , the ...
... Nature of an independent substance , as in Aristotle , but the Nature of an entity that is part of a larger entity which is the only true substance , and where human Nature is but part of a larger Natural order . As in Aristotle , the ...
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... Nature includes people in relation to each other - " by the rational is directly implied the social as well , " as Marcus put it . " 4 Thus , our innate Natural impulses include Natural tendencies to conform to the various standards ...
... Nature includes people in relation to each other - " by the rational is directly implied the social as well , " as Marcus put it . " 4 Thus , our innate Natural impulses include Natural tendencies to conform to the various standards ...
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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