Staying Alive : The Varieties of Immortality.
Title:
Staying Alive : The Varieties of Immortality.
Author:
Swedene, Jason K.
ISBN:
9780761847595
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (128 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter One: Death -- Chapter Two: Love -- Chapter Three: Fame -- Chapter Four: Creativity and Legacy -- Chapter Five: Spiritual Immortality: Personal Immortality 1 -- Chapter Six: Earthly Immortality: Personal Immortality 2 -- Chapter Seven: Merging with the Enduring -- Appendix -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.
Abstract:
This book explores the desire to live forever, which manifests itself in many forms. The author's self-expressed 'aim has been, simply, to write a readable book that will afford the reader an increased sensitivity to the many ways the desire for immortality has shaped history, philosophy, art, and literature.'.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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