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social science subjects > social research > philosophy and the social sciences > general philosophy > philosophical perspectives on death and immoratality

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philosophical perspectives on death and immoratality  

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  • This entry provides a brief account of how philosophy looks at death by sketching some views about the nature of life, persons, death, and the implications for immortality. Being immortal is not the same thing as being indestructible. [Source: Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences; Death and Immortality, Philosophical Perspectives]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-VC6GQ4NQ-2

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