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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... position developed by Lucretius , who followed his teacher Epicurus in arguing for a metaphysical view of human being which entails the proposition that where death is I am not . Epicurus and Lucretius conclude that fear of death is ...
... position developed by Lucretius , who followed his teacher Epicurus in arguing for a metaphysical view of human being which entails the proposition that where death is I am not . Epicurus and Lucretius conclude that fear of death is ...
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... position of Plotinus which occurs , mainly at least , in Chapter Three . The tradition in which Plotinus is to be located has its origins in Socrates ' discussion of the appropriate attitude towards death in Plato's dialogue , the ...
... position of Plotinus which occurs , mainly at least , in Chapter Three . The tradition in which Plotinus is to be located has its origins in Socrates ' discussion of the appropriate attitude towards death in Plato's dialogue , the ...
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... position is supposed to be the position of any person who recognizes the Humean truth about the universe , that the world is not such as can be known in the way of Socrates and the monists . Meursault's position can truly be said to be ...
... position is supposed to be the position of any person who recognizes the Humean truth about the universe , that the world is not such as can be known in the way of Socrates and the monists . Meursault's position can truly be said to 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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