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Immortality in ancient philosophy

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"Immortality was central to ancient philosophical reflections on the soul, happiness, value, and divinity. Conceptions of immortality flowed into philosophical ethics and theology, and modern reconstructions of ancient thought in these areas sometimes turn on the interpretation …

Ennead IV. 7: on the immortality of the soul

by Plotinus

fromEnneads of Plotinus with philosophical commentaries

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"Ennead IV.7 is a very early treatise (second according to Porphyry’s chronological table), and unlike the many treatises devoted to attempts at untangling various issues Plotinus found problematic in Plato's thinking, this one presents the teachings of the other main schools cu…

Long for this world: the strange science of immortality

by Weiner, Jonathan

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This rollicking scientific adventure story is science writing of the highest order and with the highest stakes. Could we live forever? And if we could--would we want to?--From publisher description.

Another finitude: messianic vitalism and philosophy

by Bielik-Robson, Agata

fromPolitical theologies

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"Beginning from the notion of finite life, Another Finitude takes this staple subject from post-Heideggerian philosophy and opposes it to the onto-theological concept of infinity, represented by an eternal absolute. Although critical of Heidegger and his definition of finitude a…

Locke's touchy subjects: materialism and immortality

by Jolley, Nicholas

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Nicholas Jolley shows that the mind-body problem and the nature of personal immortality are more central to Locke's philosophy than has been realized. He argues that Locke takes up unorthodox positions in both cases, and holds that Locke's criticisms of Descartes were controvers…

Reimagining the soul: afterlife in the age of matter

by Stokes, Douglas M.

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"This book explores conceptions of the soul and the afterlife that are consistent with the findings of modern science. Many possible afterlives are examined, including physical resurrection (whether supernatural, biological or cybernetic in form), reincarnation, participation in…

The emergence of eternal life

by Hoye, William J.

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"The question of whether life exists beyond death remains one of the most pertinent of our existence, and theologians continue to address what relevance the answer has for our life in the present. In this book, William J. Hoye uses the phenomenon of emergence - the way higher fo…

Immortalità e destino

by Severino, Emanuele

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Attraverso la riflessione su figure e concetti chiave del pensiero contemporaneo, quali Gadamer, Nolte, Bontadini, Heidegger, Nietzsche e il nichilismo, la logica analitica e quella dialettica, le tesi di Vattimo, Odifreddi, Lombardini e Vitiello, Emanuele Severino affronta i te…

Death and immortality in ancient philosophy

by Long, Alex

fromKey themes in ancient philosophy

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Death and immortality played a central role in Greek and Roman thought, from Homer and early Greek philosophy to Marcus Aurelius. In this book A. G. Long explains the significance of death and immortality in ancient ethics, particularly Plato's dialogues, Stoicism and Epicureani…

Death and immortality in ancient philosophy

by Long, Alex

fromKey themes in ancient philosophy

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Death and immortality played a central role in Greek and Roman thought, from Homer and early Greek philosophy to Marcus Aurelius. In this book A. G. Long explains the significance of death and immortality in ancient ethics, particularly Plato's dialogues, Stoicism and Epicureani…

Death and immortality in ancient philosophy

by Long, A. G.

fromKey themes in ancient philosophy

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Death and immortality played a central role in Greek and Roman thought, from Homer and early Greek philosophy to Marcus Aurelius. In this book A.G. Long explains the significance of death and immortality in ancient ethics, particularly Plato's dialogues, Stoicism and Epicureanis…

Death and immortality in ancient philosophy

by Long, Alex

fromKey themes in ancient philosophy

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Immortality -- Immortality in early Greek poetry and philosophy -- Platonic immortalities -- Immortality and the ethics of a finite lifespan: aristotle, early stoics and Epicureanism -- Death -- Death, doubts and scepticism -- Epicurean evaluations of death -- Stoic Agnosticism …