The Oxford Book of DeathDennis Joseph Enright Oxford University Press, 1987 - 351 psl. "Reading for this anthology," writes D.J. Enright, "I was moved to the thought that on no theme have writers shown themselves more lively." A survivor of Belsen voiced the same sentiment when, reflecting on the concentration camps, he wrote, "When in death we are in the midst of life." By turns poignant, tragic, comic, and inspiring, this anthology of thoughts about death ranges from ancient times to the present day--including almost 900 selections by poets, novelists, philosophers, scientists, and common people. Arranged under headings such as "Love," "War," "Last Words," and "Children," these selections show the varied, sometimes surprising, reactions of the dying and the bereaved to the final human act. |
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... death , the most terrifying of ills , is nothing to us , since so long as we exist , death is not with us ; but when death comes , then we do not exist . It does not then concern either the living or the dead , since for the former it ...
... death , the most terrifying of ills , is nothing to us , since so long as we exist , death is not with us ; but when death comes , then we do not exist . It does not then concern either the living or the dead , since for the former it ...
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... death presents various aspects only to the unwise , then indeed very few human beings are really wise , for to most ... Death ' , included in The Creed of My Heart and Other Poems , London , 1912 . F. PARKES WEBER , Aspects of Death in ...
... death presents various aspects only to the unwise , then indeed very few human beings are really wise , for to most ... Death ' , included in The Creed of My Heart and Other Poems , London , 1912 . F. PARKES WEBER , Aspects of Death in ...
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... death- bed . Phaedrus . I have - oftener than I would wish . Marc . But is death as horrible a thing as it's commonly asserted to be ? Phaed . The road leading up to it is harder than death itself . If a man dismisses from his thought ...
... death- bed . Phaedrus . I have - oftener than I would wish . Marc . But is death as horrible a thing as it's commonly asserted to be ? Phaed . The road leading up to it is harder than death itself . If a man dismisses from his thought ...
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