Grief, Death, and Longing in Stoic and Christian Ethics
The Stoic rejection of the passion of grief strikes many ethicists writing on dying as inhuman, selfish, or lacking appreciation for the world. This essay argues that Stoics rejected grief and the fear of death because these passions alienated one from the present through sorrow or anxiety for the f...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2017]
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2017, Volume: 45, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-28 |
Further subjects: | B
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B Ars moriendi B Bioethics B End of life Ethics B Virtue Ethics B Stoicism |
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