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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... sort of person we are going to be . We can choose to be a person who simply responds passively , and irrationally ... sort of person will be moved by things other than him- or herself , the latter sort of person will be moved by him- or ...
... sort of person we are going to be . We can choose to be a person who simply responds passively , and irrationally ... sort of person will be moved by things other than him- or herself , the latter sort of person will be moved by him- or ...
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... sort of thing that does not have attitudes . We might well despair of every changing someone from being apathetic . The despair makes sense because the person is the sort of thing that could have certain attitudes . But such despair ...
... sort of thing that does not have attitudes . We might well despair of every changing someone from being apathetic . The despair makes sense because the person is the sort of thing that could have certain attitudes . But such despair ...
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... sort of social unity , a certain sort of social order . The latter craving , too , must be curbed . As we have seen , the Humean argument is that self - interest , at times at least , can curb such political passions . The deeper ...
... sort of social unity , a certain sort of social order . The latter craving , too , must be curbed . As we have seen , the Humean argument is that self - interest , at times at least , can curb such political passions . The deeper ...
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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