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Death As Metaphor, Lawrence Kimmel
Avoiding The Asymmetry Problem, Travis Timmerman
Avoiding The Asymmetry Problem, Travis Timmerman
Travis Timmerman
A Dilemma For Epicureanism, Travis Timmerman
A Dilemma For Epicureanism, Travis Timmerman
Travis Timmerman
Befriending Death: Over 100 Essayists On Living And Dying, Michael C. Vocino, Alfred G. Killilea
Befriending Death: Over 100 Essayists On Living And Dying, Michael C. Vocino, Alfred G. Killilea
michael c vocino
This book provides brief essays from people of a vast array of backgrounds, all taking death seriously and openly reflecting on how and where they find meaning in life. Many of these voices are from the smallest state, Rhode Island, which we feel serves as a microcosm of the diversity and insight of the larger country. This chance for a rare sharing of views on a truly profound subject has attracted commentators who are deeply religious and those who are not religious, noted authors and people who have never published a word, people celebrated by the world and people ignored …
The Incoherence Of Denying My Death, Lajos L. Brons
The Incoherence Of Denying My Death, Lajos L. Brons
Lajos Brons
The most common way of dealing with the fear of death is denying death. Such denial can take two and only two forms: strategy 1 denies the finality of death; strategy 2 denies the reality of the dying subject. Most religions opt for strategy 1, but Buddhism seems to be an example of the 2nd. All variants of strategy 1 fail, however, and a closer look at the main Buddhist argument reveals that Buddhism in fact does not follow strategy 2. Moreover, there is no other theory that does, and neither can there be. This means that there is no …
Opinion Shaper: Dead Guinea Pigs Have Their Own Mausoleum, Raleigh Muns
Opinion Shaper: Dead Guinea Pigs Have Their Own Mausoleum, Raleigh Muns
Raleigh Muns
Feminist Philosophers Turn Their Thoughts To Death, Samantha Brennan
Feminist Philosophers Turn Their Thoughts To Death, Samantha Brennan
Samantha Brennan
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