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The article follows the history of the philosophical attitude towards death and stresses out the role of Plato in the shaping of it. The Greek thought in the pre-Plato era did not consider death as a philosophical issue, i.e. it still did not point out its incomprehensibility and it did not confront...
| Published in: | Przegla̜d religioznawczy |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Polish |
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Polskie Towarzyrtwo Religioznawcze
2013
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Przegla̜d religioznawczy
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| Summary: | The article follows the history of the philosophical attitude towards death and stresses out the role of Plato in the shaping of it. The Greek thought in the pre-Plato era did not consider death as a philosophical issue, i.e. it still did not point out its incomprehensibility and it did not confront its absurdity with the human need for happiness and meaning in life. It did however spot the fear of death. In the Hellenic times, and even more in the Roman period, confronting the fear of death was identified fully with the very aim of philosophy. In the classic ancient period philosophy did try to draw the social framework of a happy life of an individual, but later on it became just a "comforter". In this transition we may see the influence of the thanatological reflection taken from Plato's Phaedo. Phaedo is the start of those philosophical works, which attempt to reflect upon the meaning of death; works evolving with time clearly towards comfort. Thus this dialogue did initiate one of the most important tasks of philosophy and that is curing the fear of death and did gave start to a whole literature genre which was popular in the ancient times - commentatio mortis - remarks on death. The article presents a general direction of therapy within the main philosophical schools of the Hellenic period which, despite the difference in the particular means used in Epicureanism and Stoicism, was the same: to take away from the death its individual and human meaning. This task was fulfilled by texts called with the term consolatio. |
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| ISSN: | 2658-1531 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Przegla̜d religioznawczy
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