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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... requires , that people are moved by selfish motives alone , contradicts the clear assumption that Jesus makes that what is being rewarded are motives , not actions , and that the relevant motives are other than the selfish motive of ...
... requires , that people are moved by selfish motives alone , contradicts the clear assumption that Jesus makes that what is being rewarded are motives , not actions , and that the relevant motives are other than the selfish motive of ...
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... requires the events in question to be located in an underlying substance or soul that connects into an inseparable unity the apparently separable events . Without such a substantial unity , the fact of interaction will remain ...
... requires the events in question to be located in an underlying substance or soul that connects into an inseparable unity the apparently separable events . Without such a substantial unity , the fact of interaction will remain ...
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... requires one to do one's duty , in particular , it may require one to engage in deadly combat for the public good , with the consequence , sometimes , of dying for one's country or for the safety of one's family . What is required is ...
... requires one to do one's duty , in particular , it may require one to engage in deadly combat for the public good , with the consequence , sometimes , of dying for one's country or for the safety of one's family . What is required is ...
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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