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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... immortality to other people while keeping it for ourselves . More than two hundred years earlier Edward Young wrote in Night Thoughts on Life , Death and Immortality , a poem less lugubrious than its reputation would have : ' All men ...
... immortality to other people while keeping it for ourselves . More than two hundred years earlier Edward Young wrote in Night Thoughts on Life , Death and Immortality , a poem less lugubrious than its reputation would have : ' All men ...
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... immortal . PLATO , The Republic , tr . F. M. Cornford Behold , I show you a mystery ; We shall not all sleep , but we ... immortality , then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written , Death is swallowed up in victory . O death ...
... immortal . PLATO , The Republic , tr . F. M. Cornford Behold , I show you a mystery ; We shall not all sleep , but we ... immortality , then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written , Death is swallowed up in victory . O death ...
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... immortal , then losing all assurance in the immortality of your own particular person , precious as you all the while feel and realize the latter to be . But is not such an attitude due to the veriest lack and dearth of your imagination ...
... immortal , then losing all assurance in the immortality of your own particular person , precious as you all the while feel and realize the latter to be . But is not such an attitude due to the veriest lack and dearth of your imagination ...
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