Death
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Stephen Cave on ImmortalityStephen Cave is a philosopher, critic and broadcaster. Here he wants to show... -
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Do not long for immortality, but perhaps contemplate eternityMark Vernon questions the distinction between eternity and immortality in the western belief... -
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Stephen Cave's Guide to the Time of Your LifePhilosopher Stephen Cave gives us his tips for being a better mortal. -
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Deathbed tweet sent to memory cloudConsultant in Palliative Medicine asks when a person dies should their online presence... -
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How philosophy can help us think about illness and deathHavi Carel explores philosophy as a tool to cope with serious illness and...
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Sad Book by Michael Rosen and Quentin BlakeA sparse and moving reflection on losing a son to meningitis. -
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Sum: Tales from the Afterlives by David EaglemanShows us forty possibilities of life beyond death. -
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David Baker on Reflecting on DeathOur clumsiness with good intentions comes from being just a little too comfortable,... -
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Dr Mark Taubert on How To Think About DeathWhat must it be like to know that time may be short, that... -
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Swimming in a Sea of Death: A Son's Memoir by David RieffRieff's personal account of Susan Sontag’s last year of life. -
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We All Need Words on death. And how to write condolence letters.We don't like writing about death any more than we like thinking about...
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Mark Vernon on HopeWhat is hope? -
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Alain de Botton on Tsunamis and StoicismWe are hurt most by what we do not expect. -
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James Geary on MetaphorMetaphor is not just for poets. We all use metaphor all the... -
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My Last Sigh by Luis BunuelWitty semi- autobiographical story of the many lives of the surrealist filmmaker. -
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Seize the Day: How the dying teach us to live by Marie de HennezelThe best book about what we can learn from those working with the... -
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Enduring Questions: Self-help from Plato to FreudPhilosophers Robert Rowland Smith and Mark Vernon discuss the connection between Self-help and...
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Robert Rowland Smith on MilestonesIt's arguable that life's two greatest milestones, life and death, are both ones... -
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Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Dread of Death by Irvin YalomA classic look at death anxiety. -
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Raymond Tallis on WonderWonder should be our natural state, given that the most ordinary things are... -
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Mark Vernon on DeathWhat other event, that will definitely happen, would you not prepare for? -
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