Why die - "a philosophical apology of death"
In the Insanity Defence Woody Allen claims that when we say humans are mortal we are obviously not complimenting them. It is difficult to contradict great comedy, of course, but if what I argue holds, Allen is wrong on this account. Mortality is a compliment - or at least something for which we shou...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2018]
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International journal of philosophy and theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 79, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 136-155 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Death
/ Immortality
/ Philosophy
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| RelBib Classification: | NBE Anthropology VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Mortality
B Immortality B Death B Deathlessness B Thanatology B Meaning |
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