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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... pain and towards also the pleasures and pains of others . The second argument thus establishes that the appropriate attitude towards death for the virtuous person is one of acceptance . It does this by holding that what makes life worth ...
... pain and towards also the pleasures and pains of others . The second argument thus establishes that the appropriate attitude towards death for the virtuous person is one of acceptance . It does this by holding that what makes life worth ...
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... pain . We are inquiring , then , what is the final and ultimate Good , which as all philosophers are agreed must be ... pain the Chief Evil . This he sets out to prove as follows : Every animal , as soon as it is born , seeks for ...
... pain . We are inquiring , then , what is the final and ultimate Good , which as all philosophers are agreed must be ... pain the Chief Evil . This he sets out to prove as follows : Every animal , as soon as it is born , seeks for ...
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... pain and towards the pleasures and pains of others . Spinoza's argument concerning virtue thus establishes that the appropriate attitude towards death is one of acceptance or acquiescence . It does this by holding that what makes life ...
... pain and towards the pleasures and pains of others . Spinoza's argument concerning virtue thus establishes that the appropriate attitude towards death is one of acceptance or acquiescence . It does this by holding that what makes life ...
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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