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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... senses , either directly or indirectly by inference from what is directly known . As Lucretius puts it , " the concept of truth was originated by the senses ... " ( p . 145 ) . In this sense , all causes are natural . More strongly ...
... senses , either directly or indirectly by inference from what is directly known . As Lucretius puts it , " the concept of truth was originated by the senses ... " ( p . 145 ) . In this sense , all causes are natural . More strongly ...
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... sense experience . FIVE . Epicurus and Lucretius require no form of knowing other than sense experience , together with inferences from given sensible experiences to other entities in the world of sense . Socrates , in contrast ...
... sense experience . FIVE . Epicurus and Lucretius require no form of knowing other than sense experience , together with inferences from given sensible experiences to other entities in the world of sense . Socrates , in contrast ...
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... sense - experiences which constitute the actual and possible sense - history of a self . " This self , whatever the details of the " logical construction , " whatever the account of the psychological origins of this idea , cannot be ...
... sense - experiences which constitute the actual and possible sense - history of a self . " This self , whatever the details of the " logical construction , " whatever the account of the psychological origins of this idea , cannot 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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