Tag: life and death
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On the philosophical dogmas that support humans' belief in Death
Relative publication sites: PhilPapers Contents 1. Agonies that did not exist (Prelude) Once upon a time thinkers in ancient Greece laid the foundations of philosophy before philosophy even existed. Back then, Parmenides and Heraclitus tried to explain what being is in an era where no philosophical dogmas existed. Raw thinking was our tool back then…
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Once upon a time in Hollywood... [About Death]
What does "Once upon a time in Hollywood" has to teach us? Nothing that life cannot teach us itself. The cynical nature of our existence. The void in which we experience the cosmos. The hope that we rely upon every night when we say good night: That we will wake up the next morning... Too…
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Coronavirus, Christianity, Death, "sissies"...
There is a lot of discussion about the new coronavirus affecting the world as we speak. Harmonia Philosophica usually does not deal with such news since our focus is philosophy and not everyday matters. Our subject is the eternal, not the ephemeral. And yet, as we have said many times here, the ephemeral is sometimes…
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Attack when they are stronger…
Does the time of day matter when our body is infected by a parasite? According to new research from McGill University, it matters a great deal. Our body works differently at different times of the day following our internal clocks. Researchers from McGill University and the Douglas Mental Health University Institute have now established that…
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Bella Addormentata, living, dying.
Bella Addormentata, the new film of Marco Bellocchio, draws the audience's attention to the importance of the right to euthanasia. Weird times we live in... A long time ago philosophers pondered on the right to live. Now, having forgotten who we are, we fight for the right to die...
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