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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... society that was critical of what he saw about him . He is critical of a society that is not sufficiently securely based in the sort of friendship that Aristotle describes . What Epicurus is arguing is that a society more securely ...
... society that was critical of what he saw about him . He is critical of a society that is not sufficiently securely based in the sort of friendship that Aristotle describes . What Epicurus is arguing is that a society more securely ...
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... society seem to imply something reciprocal . I receive the benefits of society and therefore ought to promote its interests , but when I withdraw myself altogether from society , can I be bound any longer ? But , allowing that our ...
... society seem to imply something reciprocal . I receive the benefits of society and therefore ought to promote its interests , but when I withdraw myself altogether from society , can I be bound any longer ? But , allowing that our ...
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... society ( T , p . 497 ) . It is sympathy which is the glue that makes the system work : ... when the injustice is so distant from us , as no way to affect our interest , it still displeases us ; because we consider it as prejudicial to ...
... society ( T , p . 497 ) . It is sympathy which is the glue that makes the system work : ... when the injustice is so distant from us , as no way to affect our interest , it still displeases us ; because we consider it as prejudicial to ...
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Where Death Is I Am Not Lucretius | 29 |
Overcoming Death Socrates and His Successors | 77 |
The Epicurean Reply Hume | 167 |
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