This two-volume anthology brings together, for the first time, major philosophers as they explore the meaning of death. This work contains
the most representative, diverse, penetrating and readable thoughts on death ever collected. Volume 1 includes writings from the Ancient Greek and Oriental tradition to 1600. Volume 2 begins at the 17th Century and continues to the present day. Authors include Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, Descartes, Leibniz, Nietsche, Camus, Sartre, and many others. |