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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... once wrote , To face the desperate creed ... that the world is an accident or a " deed " ; or the ship of a prentice God ... requires , I imagine , more courage than to face , after the old fashioned way , the prospect of the Day of ...
... once wrote , To face the desperate creed ... that the world is an accident or a " deed " ; or the ship of a prentice God ... requires , I imagine , more courage than to face , after the old fashioned way , the prospect of the Day of ...
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... once again , relative values can be quite sufficient in justifying to one that one ought not to commit suicide . The point is , however , that neither Camus , nor anyone who is convinced as Camus is that there is in human beings an ...
... once again , relative values can be quite sufficient in justifying to one that one ought not to commit suicide . The point is , however , that neither Camus , nor anyone who is convinced as Camus is that there is in human beings an ...
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... once worked but no longer provides the policy guidelines it once did . This throws despair into the hearts of those who follow so much of our tradition and demand policy that is infallible and unchanging . But the revolutionary ...
... once worked but no longer provides the policy guidelines it once did . This throws despair into the hearts of those who follow so much of our tradition and demand policy that is infallible and unchanging . But the revolutionary ...
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