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Philosophical concept

Death

Death becomes a test of judgement, desire, and value. The texts ask not that it be denied but that we examine what fear of it does to the present.

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Traditions
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Death becomes a test of judgement, desire, and value. The texts ask not that it be denied but that we examine what fear of it does to the present.

Stoic, Epicurean, religious, and modern authors do not give the same answer. Some work on finitude, others on hope or transformation. The Library preserves those differences and links back to exact formulations.

Lexical variants: mort, death, mors, θανατ

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Works where the concept is identified

  1. Abraham Lincoln Papers: Lincoln-Authored DocumentsAbraham Lincoln · 0 passages
  2. Abraham Lincoln Papers: Incoming and Contextual DocumentsCorrespondents and archival record · 0 passages
  3. CaligulaAlbert Camus · 4 passages
  4. The MisunderstandingAlbert Camus · 3 passages
  5. The StrangerAlbert Camus · 11 passages
  6. Testimonies and Fragments of Aristo of ChiosAristo of Chios · 0 passages
  7. Eudemian EthicsAristotle · 0 passages
  8. MetaphysicsAristotle · 0 passages
  9. Nicomachean EthicsAristotle · 0 passages
  10. PoeticsAristotle · 0 passages
  11. PoliticsAristotle · 0 passages
  12. RhetoricAristotle · 0 passages
  13. Aṅguttara Nikāya: Numerical DiscoursesSiddhartha Gautama / Buddha · 0 passages
  14. Dhammapada: Verses on the DhammaSiddhartha Gautama / Buddha · 0 passages
  15. Dīgha Nikāya: Collection of Long DiscoursesSiddhartha Gautama / Buddha · 0 passages
  16. Majjhima Nikāya: Collection of Middle-Length DiscoursesSiddhartha Gautama / Buddha · 0 passages
  17. Saṃyutta Nikāya: Connected DiscoursesSiddhartha Gautama / Buddha · 0 passages
  18. Sutta Nipāta: Early Collection of Discourses in VerseSiddhartha Gautama / Buddha · 0 passages
  19. Ancient testimonia on CarneadesCarneades · 0 passages
  20. SVF II: Chrysippus on Logic and PhysicsChrysippus · 0 passages
  21. SVF III: Chrysippus on EthicsChrysippus · 0 passages
  22. AcademicaCicero · 0 passages
  23. Brutus, or On Eminent OratorsCicero · 35 passages
  24. Catilinarian OrationsCicero · 35 passages
  25. Letters to AtticusCicero · 0 passages
  26. Letters to FriendsCicero · 0 passages
  27. Letters to QuintusCicero · 0 passages
  28. Lucullus, Book Two of the AcademicaCicero · 0 passages
  29. On DivinationCicero · 40 passages
  30. On DutiesCicero · 0 passages