Article
Death, and the Elemental Passion of the Soul: An Ancient Philosophical Thesis, With Poetic Counterpoint
Analecta Husserliana: The Yearbook of Phenomenological Research
Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
1-1-1990
Disciplines
Abstract
In his famous “Letter”, Epicurus writes to his young friend Menoeceus that “Death is nothing” — either to fear or to hope for.1 This counsel further suggests that death is not something one can claim as his/her own, and that even its contemplation brings “a craving for immortality”, and so, loosens the fragile hold we have on the life of the soul.
Document Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1007/978-94-009-2335-5_16
Editor
Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka
Publisher
Springer
ISBN
9789400923355, 9789401075503
Citation Information
Kimmel, L. (1990). Death, and the elemental passion of the soul: An ancient philosophical thesis, with poetic counterpoint. In A-T. Tymieniecka (Ed.), Analecta Husserliana: The yearbook of phenomenological research, XXVIII: The elemental passions of the soul (pp. 389-397). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.