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Death Philosophical Soundings

by [Fingarette, Herbert]

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Fingarette faces up to the reality of death and demolishes some popular errors in our thinking about death. He examines the metaphors which mislead us: death as parting, death as sleep, immortality as the denial of death, and selflessness as a kind of consolation.

He thinks through some of the more illuminating metaphors: death as the end of the world for me, death as the conclusion of a story, life as ceremony, and life as a tourist visit to earth. Fingarette goes on to discuss living a future without end and living a present without bounds. The author offers no facile consolation, but he identifies the true root of fear of death, and explains how the meaning of death can be reconceived.

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Product Details

  • Open Court Brand
  • Feb 5, 1999 Pub Date:
  • 9780812693300 ISBN-13:
  • 0812693302 ISBN-10:
  • 184.0 pages Paperback
  • English Language
  • 8.8 in * 0.44 in * 6.06 in Dimensions:
  • 1 lb Weight: