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Epicurus and the Singularity of Death - Defending Radical Epicureanism (Paperback)
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Epicurus and the Singularity of Death - Defending Radical Epicureanism (Paperback)
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In his Letter to Menoeceus, the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus
states that 'death is nothing to us'. Few philosophers then or
since have agreed with his controversial argument, upholding
instead that death constitutes a deprivation and is therefore to be
feared. Diverging from the current trend and sparking fresh debate,
this book provides an imaginative defense of the Epicurean view of
death. Drawing on Epicurus's Principal Doctrines, Lucretius's De
Rerum Natura and Philodemus's De Morte, David Suits argues that the
usual concepts of harm, loss and suffering no longer apply in
death, thus showing how the deprivation view is flawed. He also
applies Epicurean reasoning to key issues in applied ethics in
order to dispute the claim that there can be a right to life, to
defend egoistic friendship, and to consider how Epicureanism might
handle wills and life insurance. By championing the Epicurean
perspective, this book makes a valuable contribution to the
contemporary philosophical debate about death.
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