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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... soul . In particular , Socrates must develop an argument for the simplicity of the soul . The simplicity , and therefore the immortality of the soul , does not follow from the fact that the soul animates the body ; after all , Lucretius ...
... soul . In particular , Socrates must develop an argument for the simplicity of the soul . The simplicity , and therefore the immortality of the soul , does not follow from the fact that the soul animates the body ; after all , Lucretius ...
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... soul , when it attains wisdom , joins the Forms , the divine . Thus , the soul , when it attains wisdom , is already in the beautiful dwelling place of the gods , that is , in mythical terms , Hades . The soul , when it attains wisdom ...
... soul , when it attains wisdom , joins the Forms , the divine . Thus , the soul , when it attains wisdom , is already in the beautiful dwelling place of the gods , that is , in mythical terms , Hades . The soul , when it attains wisdom ...
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... Soul has the distinction of possessing at once an action of conscious attention within itself , and an action towards the outer . It has thus the function of giving life to all that does not live by prior right , and the life it gives ...
... Soul has the distinction of possessing at once an action of conscious attention within itself , and an action towards the outer . It has thus the function of giving life to all that does not live by prior right , and the life it gives ...
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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