二手書博民逛書店Death:罕見Philosophical SoundingsY117832 Herbert Fingarette Open Court ISBN:9780812693294 出版1999

作 者：Herbert Fingarette

出 版 社：Open Court

出版時間：1999-10

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頁 數：175頁

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尺 寸：24.1 x 15.9 cm

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Fingarette faces up to the reality of death and demolishes some popular errors in our thinking about death. He examines the metaphors which mislead us: death as parting, death as sleep, immortality as the denial of death, and selflessness as a kind of consolation.

He thinks through some of the more illuminating metaphors: death as the end of the world for me, death as the conclusion of a story, life as ceremony, and life as a tourist visit to earth. Fingarette goes on to discuss living a future without end and living a present without bounds. The author offers no facile consolation, but he identifies the true root of fear of death, and explains how the meaning of death can be reconceived.

In a flowing, personal style, philosopher Herbert Fingarette places his finger on death, spins it around to view it from all perspectives and then cracks it wide open with the help of selections from 13 other commentators ranging from Tolstoy to Russell to Chuangtzu. In the end, the nothingness that is death turns us toward ourselves in thought, and toward the world to live. An excellent treatment that invites the reader in to share a warm meal of healthy contemplation.

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