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The Immortal Question of Immortality, 2002.
This paper compares the views of immortality of Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, Rene Descartes and St. Thomas Aquinas to Plato's view on immortality.
1,870 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper focuses on the concept of immortality that has long been the subject of much debate among philosophers. The author states that the belief in immortality is directly connected to a belief in the afterlife, which is central to many religions. The paper concludes that all five of these philosophers maintained similar views on the afterlife and the concept of immortality.
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"In hopes of presenting a philosophical rather than strictly religious argument in favor of the immortality of the soul, Aquinas maintains that the only two ways a thing is able to be corrupted are in themselves and by accident. Given that no subsisting thing is corruptible, as Aquinas proved in some of his other works, and the rational soul is a subsisting thing, it follows that the rational soul is incorruptible, which causes it to consequently be immortal. Likewise, Plato professed his belief that something could only be destroyed by its own natural evil, the natural evil of the soul being vice. Since vice does not destroy the soul, nothing could destroy the soul."
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Immortality of The Soul, 2002.
A comparative study of the perspectives of Greek philosophy and the Hindu religion on the immortality of the soul.
2,090 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 18 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
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Through the ages, both Greek and Hindu societies have been greatly influenced by the idea of the immortality of the soul, affecting them in their daily lives and approach to death. This paper compares and contrasts both schools of thought and their loopholes and conflicting theories. It examines the writings of famous philosophers and religious texts and evaluates their application to modern day thought and religion.
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"The very idea of immortality of the soul was not simply a theory but was widely believed among the Greeks in society. This would explain Socrates? unfazed and calm demeanor as he approached death in Phaedo. Now, this brings me to the point of linkage. All these concepts may have had a great impact on Greek society, but where exactly did these great minds find the ?spark of inspiration? for their theories? Could it have been Hinduism or vice versa?"
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Concepts of Death and Immortality, 2002.
This paper discusses how we dealt with the concept of death and immortality in the twentieth century.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 89.95
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This ten-page undergraduate paper discusses how we dealt with the concept of death and immortality in the twentieth century. Using the texts, "The Confessions of St. Augustine" and "The Bhagavad-Gita: Commentary Based on the Original Sources" as references, the paper explains the influence of these works in the twentieth century and evaluates how the works are received today.
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The Evolution of Greek Immortality, 2004.
Traces the historical development of the Greek concept of immortality and the afterlife through the investigation of the works of ancient Greek philosophers, dramatists, and poets.
2,638 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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This paper traces the beginnings of the Greek concept of the afterlife in the Homeric Age through classical Greece and into the Age of the Philosophers. The paper's argument links the shift from a belief in a meaningless immortal existence into a conviction in a more hopeful afterlife to the increase in the prosperity of the Greek economy over the same time period. Both primary sources and secondary materials are utilized to support this claim. The paper cites Aristophanes, Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus, Plato, and others.
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"The religion of the ancient Greeks was a dynamic and animated one, not prescribed in code on a set of tablets or a scroll of papyri but rather existing in the minds of the people. Therefore, it was subject to change. In the times written about by Homer, where the gods were active participants in the lives of the Greeks, the idea of a true life after death was useless. The gods meted out whatever punishments or rewards the people deserved in this life, with no need for delay. Yet this thinking eventually gave way to deeper convictions about afterlife, involving the principles of immortality and retributive punishment. The evolution of ancient Greek religion did not occur on its own; rather, it was prompted by drastic changes in the world itself. These shifting attitudes of the Greeks with respect to immortality and the afterlife were a direct result of the expanding economy and increased colonization that the civilization encountered around the 7th and 8th centuries BC."
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"Immortality, Religion and Morals" ( Ashley Montagu ), 1999.
Reviews this work on human concepts of immortality, death, religion as a social connector and inspiration and morality.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 1 source, $ 79.95
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"INTRODUCTION
The idea of immortality has been addressed by many different philosophers either testing the evidence or speculating on the meaning of immortality, with some determining that there is life after death, some deciding that there is not, and some finding the question itself to be meaningless. Interesting as many of the arguments may be, in the final analysis this is a question that is answered by faith rather than reason. It is something that is believed rather than proven one way or the other. It is also the subject of Ashley Montagu's book Immortality, Religion, and Morals. A portion of this book was delivered as a series of lectures before the Ebenezer Butterick Foundation at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences in New York in 1951. The subject of these lectures was "immortality," and they have been augmented ..."
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The Question Of Immortality, 1981.
This paper discusses the outlook of Socrates concerning life after death in Plato's "Phaedo" and presents his argument that immortality must be accepted by the reasoning man.
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In the Phaedo, Plato addresses a question that has interested man probably since man became aware of death, the question of the immortality of the soul and of the possibility of life after death. Plato sees this idea of the immortality of the soul as one that has to be accepted by reasoning man. In the Phaedo, Socrates, representing Plato's position, believes in the eternal life of the soul and guides the discussion in the direction of accepting this idea, offering as he does so several proofs for the immortality of the soul. Immortality was a subject of immediate interest to Socrates at this time because this discussion takes place on the last day Socrates is to spend in prison before his execution. Socrates does not fear death because he has complete faith in immortality. He wants to convince his followers to believe in immortality as well. In part, he wants them to be free
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Death, Dying and Immortality, 1990.
This paper discusses psychological, mythological, cultural and religious views about death, dying and immortality base on the ideas of Ernest Becker, Joseph Campbell, James Frazer and Elizabeth Kubler-Ross about denial, heroism, transference, humanism and
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"Since the beginning of time, man has pondered the problem of death and dying.
The attitudes of various religious groups toward death appear to both reflect and determine attitudes of persons within the dominant culture. In primitive societies, where religion and culture were for all practical purposes the same thing, death was tied to life in a cyclical way. That is, death would lead to rebirth or resurrection in one form or another. In this connection, Frazer describes primitive rituals connected with the agricultural and seasonal cycles that in some measure sought to discover meaning in the cycles of human life as well. One such European folk festival, which is designed to ward off ill luck, involves what Frazer refers to as "Burying the Carnival."
On the evening of Shrove Tuesday, the Esthonians make a
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Immortality Theory, 2005.
A discussion on Socrates' theory on immortality.
1,657 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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Socrates believed in life after death: One soul going from body to body, from life to death in a systematic cycle. This paper attempts to dispel this theory by providing several opposing facts to prove his theory wrong.
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"Beginning with Socrates fifth doctrine, theory of recollection, a man sees an object and recalls something totally different, or a man sees an object and recalls something somewhat different. If that man picks up a cloth and it reminded him of his lover in the past life, that would be unlike to like. On the opposite end of this theory that man can look at a picture of someone and remember that person from his past life, but he does not know how he remembers them; that is known as like to like. To clarify things better, during the life and death cycle the soul has to forget and recollect all the knowledge it has ever obtained at certain points in the midst of the cycle. "
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Bernard Williams' Theory about Immortality, 2000.
A criticism of Bernard Williams' theory in "The Makropulos Case" that 'death gives a meaning to our lives that is stripped with the onset of immortality'.
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"The most sought after power in the history of man is immortality. Stories have flowed through generations concerning its power and whereabouts. Legends about Floridian Fountains have motivated some in search of it. Movies about the life giving chalice of Jesus have even been made. On the surface it appears as if immortality is the ultimate spoil of life. But if put in a position to receive this power, would most mortals accept, or refuse? Karel Capek wrote a play illustrating what could happen if immortality became reality among mere mortals. Bernard Williams believes that death gives a meaning to our lives that is stripped with the onset of immortality. He suggests that immortality is the worst thing anyone could have happen to them. Yet, Williams overlooks a number of factors and makes some odd assumptions in his argument. Immortality is not necessarily a misfortune."
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Soul-Body Relationship and Immortality, 1999.
Examines the views of Plato, Socrates, Thomas Aquinas, Bertrand Russell and Paul Ricoeur.
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The question of immortality is an ancient one and is key in philosophy and religion. Man lives a span of years and then dies, and probably from the very beginning of the human race men and women have wondered if there is something beyond death. Ashley Montagu writes: "Man, we reasonably assume, is the only living creature who entertains the idea of immortality" (Montagu 1).
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"The question of immortality is an ancient one and is key in philosophy and religion. Man lives a span of years and then dies, and probably from the very beginning of the human race men and women have wondered if there is something beyond death. Ashley Montagu writes: "Man, we reasonably assume, is the only living creature who entertains the idea of immortality" (Montagu 1). Much of religion is concerned with the notion of the afterlife, and many philosophers have considered the nature of the soul and the question of whether it precedes or outlasts the body. Many ancient peoples showed their belief in immortality through burial customs that sent the departed individual to the afterlife with many of his or her possessions, presumably so they could be used there as well. Plato offered his view that the soul and body were not one and that the soul existed before the..."
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Robert Frost's "Directive" and William Wordsworth's "Intimations of Immortality", 2001.
This paper compares and contrast two poems by two different American poets.
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This paper examines the meaning of Robert Frost's poem "Directive" and compares and contrasts the findings with those of Wordsworth's "Imitations of Immortality'. It looks at Frost's view of the human ability of the self to connect to time and Nature.
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"If William Wordsworth's "Intimations of Immortality Ode" attempts to address the failing of the senses, then Robert Frost's poem, "Directive" challenges us to enhance our perception and explore the process of connection in the context of time and Nature. Wordsworth's poem begins by saying, "There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream,/ The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem/ Apparelled in celestial light." In Frost's vision, we are taken "Back in a time made simple by the loss/ Of detail, burned, dissolved, and broken off." "Intimations Ode" seems to describe a process of regaining the self through memory, while Frost gives his reader directions on how to escape their present disconnection completely in an effort to "Drink and be whole again beyond confusion."
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Personal Identity and Immortality, 2002.
A paper which develops the idea of personal identity.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper develops and defends an account of personal identity and to see how well it explains the possibility of life after death. The paper is based upon the book "A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality" by John Perry.
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Whitman, Death and Immortality, 2005.
A comparison of the 1855 and 1881 versions of Walt Whitman's poem, "To Think of Time."
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This paper outlines the differences between the early and later versions of one of Whitman's most notable poems, "To Think of Time." It shows the poem's steady evolution--how it is tranferred from a poem about life and immortality to one about death and finality.
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"In addition to changing the structure and physical make up of the poem, Whitman changes the content. Some of the changes are as subtle as substituting one word for another and others are as large as adding or deleting whole passages. No matter the magnitude of the change, they all work towards attempting to establish a feeling of ending and emphasizing the certainty of death. In the 1855 version of "To Think of Time," the persona asks: "Have you dreaded those earth-beetles" (3)? In the later version he changes "those" to "these." "Those" is an objective pronoun. It shows no real connection or relation to the person using the pronoun. Using it here pushes the subject of death and burial away."
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Keats and Shelley: Making Immortality, 2004.
Examines how the early deaths of poets John Keats and Percy Shelley impacted the popularity of their works.
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John Keats and Percy Shelley both died relatively young, Keats at twenty-five and Shelley at thirty, and the tragedies of both of these men seems to have added a mythical aspect to their names that would not be there had they lived to old ages. The paper shows that, instead of focusing on the ?what ifs? of the two poets, most critics have turned their eyes on examining the actual poetry produced by both poets in their very short lifetimes. The paper examines several works by these poets, such as "Ode to a Nightingale" by Keats and "Ode to the West Wind" by Shelley. The paper also includes quotes from the poems mentioned.
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"The poet eventually realizes that death, however, is not the answer to life?s misery. The poet wants ?easeful death,? and there are requirements for this particular kind of death. For the poet, the main requirement is death while experiencing beauty: ?Now more than ever seems it rich to die.? Everybody will die, and instead of suffering a long, painful death, he would rather pass away during a happy moment, therefore making death a rich experience. He wrote to Fanny Brawne: ?I have two luxuries to brood over in my walks, your loveliness and the hour of my death. O that I could have possession of them both in the same minute.?"
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Intimations of Immortality, 2008.
An analysis of transcendentalism and its role in Henry David Thoreau's writings.
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This paper examines how transcendentalism is evident in Thoreau's writings through his desire to recapture childhood delight in nature, his goal to find truth and grounding in nature, and his understanding of transcendentalism and its outgrowth in his life.
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"In Thoreau's writings we see the theory of Transcendentalism made practical. His writings reflect not only the theoretical aspects of Transcendentalism, but also the true outgrowth of what those theories mean. When he went to the woods to find the glory and delight of nature, he found out more of who he was as well. No longer was he an exploiter of nature or one of those whose life was "but a sleep and a forgetting", but rather a man who had found balance and a deep understanding of his role and place. Transcendentalism in Thoreau is not a castle in the air, but a rough, grounded cabin next to a pond. "
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