Western philosophy of death

Author: Duan Dezhi
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: What is a human being? What is the mystery of human death? How did people in ancient Greece and Rome view death? How did they overcome the fear of death? What were the concepts of death in the Middle Ages? How have modern and contemporary Westerners ignored or confronted death? This book explains the mystery of death in the hearts of Westerners and the basic meaning of Western death philosophy at the theoretical level, and then specifically examines the historical development of Western death philosophy. Like general philosophy, death philosophy has significance in terms of life views or values, serving as an extension and deepening of life philosophy or philosophy of life. As a developing system, Western death philosophy is a process that includes several qualitatively different stages such as "the wonder of death," "the desire for death," "the indifference to death," and "the confrontation with death."