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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... true Light , to whom I look for salvation . This is the happiness that all desire . All desire this , the only true state of happiness . All desire to rejoice in truth.8 82 There is an innate striving to attain God , or , in Plotinus ...
... true Light , to whom I look for salvation . This is the happiness that all desire . All desire this , the only true state of happiness . All desire to rejoice in truth.8 82 There is an innate striving to attain God , or , in Plotinus ...
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... true if we wish it to be true . As Annette Baier points out ( p . 23 ) , natural curiosity concerning causes will , according to Hume , lead us into superstition ; short of real evidence , we will be inclined to ( try to ) satisfy our ...
... true if we wish it to be true . As Annette Baier points out ( p . 23 ) , natural curiosity concerning causes will , according to Hume , lead us into superstition ; short of real evidence , we will be inclined to ( try to ) satisfy our ...
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... true , then nothing is permitted " ( p . 71 ) . But here , according to Camus , we " arrive at the extremity of contradiction " ( ib . ) . Thus , what Camus holds is that if we deny that there is absolute or objective value , then we ...
... true , then nothing is permitted " ( p . 71 ) . But here , according to Camus , we " arrive at the extremity of contradiction " ( ib . ) . Thus , what Camus holds is that if we deny that there is absolute or objective value , then we ...
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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