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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... existence other than those which are immanent in the organism itself . We have no longer to reckon with the organism's puzzling determination ( so hard to fit into any context ) to maintain its own existence in the face of every ...
... existence other than those which are immanent in the organism itself . We have no longer to reckon with the organism's puzzling determination ( so hard to fit into any context ) to maintain its own existence in the face of every ...
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... existence con- tinued a frail and precarious one . A proud , disdainful nature , uncon- ventional but refined , she loved literature , art , the manifestations of mind ; and the crude unkindly time drove her into an unhappy bohemian ...
... existence con- tinued a frail and precarious one . A proud , disdainful nature , uncon- ventional but refined , she loved literature , art , the manifestations of mind ; and the crude unkindly time drove her into an unhappy bohemian ...
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... existence of a heaven in which all is more than put right , you could as well deduce the necessary non - existence of a God worth the name . In these cir- cumstances more than any others Christians have to fall back on the ...
... existence of a heaven in which all is more than put right , you could as well deduce the necessary non - existence of a God worth the name . In these cir- cumstances more than any others Christians have to fall back on the ...
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