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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... reason both for fearing death and for not being too afraid of it . He who pretends to look on death without fear ... reason against nature , it were peradventure not so hard as vain . For what can reason prevail , if nature resist ? It ...
... reason both for fearing death and for not being too afraid of it . He who pretends to look on death without fear ... reason against nature , it were peradventure not so hard as vain . For what can reason prevail , if nature resist ? It ...
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... reason . One always puts off the decision , feeling ( or hoping ) that one more day , one more hour of life , might also prove an opportunity of asserting our freedom of choice , which we should lose by seeking death . In short ...
... reason . One always puts off the decision , feeling ( or hoping ) that one more day , one more hour of life , might also prove an opportunity of asserting our freedom of choice , which we should lose by seeking death . In short ...
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... reason and probably of all imaginable reason to conceive nothingness as to conceive limits to infinity . Nothingness , besides , is but a negative infinity , a sort of infinity of darkness opposed to that which our intelligence strives ...
... reason and probably of all imaginable reason to conceive nothingness as to conceive limits to infinity . Nothingness , besides , is but a negative infinity , a sort of infinity of darkness opposed to that which our intelligence strives ...
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