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Death: Philosophical Soundings

Von: Herbert Fingarette
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No one who listen to this book will ever again think of his or her own death in the same way. The first part of the book consists of a thought-provoking essay, in which Fingarette examines the metaphors that mislead us: death as parting, death as sleep, immortality as the denial of death, and selflessness as a kind of consolation. He also 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.

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. The second part comprises writings on death by other philosophers including classic selections from the Bhagavad Gita, Arthur Schopenhauer, Sigmund Freud, Chuang Tzu, David Hume, Albert Camus, Blaise Pascal, Leo Tolstoy, Eugene Ionesco, Marcus Aurelius, Michel de Montaigne, and Bertrand Russell.

The book is published by Open Court Publishing Company. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.

"Reflective, critical work...what comes through it is the author's seriousness and humility." (Ilham DilmanUniversity of Wales, Swansea)

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