Why Death is Nothing to Fear: Lucretius and Epicureanism
WEBIn his epic poem De Rerum Natura (On The Nature of Things), Roman philosopher Lucretius outlines why, even though there may be no overarching design to life, we have nothing to fear in death.
How death shapes life, according to a Harvard philosopher
WEBNov 1, 2021 · With help from Kierkegaard, Rilke, and Heidegger, Susanna Siegel, Edgar Pierce Professor of Philosophy, examines the ways we process mortality.
Death - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
WEBMay 22, 2002 · This article considers several questions concerning the philosophy of death. First, it discusses what it is to be alive. This topic arises because to die is roughly to lose one’s life. The second topic is the nature of death, and how it bears on the persistence of organisms and persons.
The Significance of Death — A Journey into Existentialism
WEBDec 14, 2023 · In this article, we will delve into the depths of existentialism to understand how philosophers like Martin Heidegger and Karl Jaspers have approached the subject of death.
Dying to be in nature | Wellcome Collection
WEBAug 5, 2020 · Death has not always been so complex. Traditional practices worldwide point to simpler ways of dying, which work with natural surroundings – and other animals. Across the world, widespread rituals hand bodies over to be consumed by scavenging carnivores.
Necroptosis, pyroptosis and apoptosis: an intricate game of cell death
WEBMar 30, 2021 · Here, we summarize the latest discoveries in the three most well understood modalities of cell death, namely, apoptosis, necroptosis, and pyroptosis, highlighting common and unique pathways and...
Science Turned Upside Down: Carolyn Merchant’s Vision of Nature…
WEBJan 22, 2021 · The Death of Nature wrote a new narrative of science that explored the costs of modernity for nature and humankind. By Paula Findlen O ne night in 1975, on a camping trip to Bryce Canyon with her young sons, Carolyn Merchant lay awake contemplating the play of light on the living rock around her.
WEBIt argued that seventeenth-century science could be im-plicated in the ecological crisis, the domination of nature, and the devaluation of women in the production of scientific knowledge.
A guide to cell death pathways | Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …
WEBDec 18, 2023 · In this Review, we provide an overview of the major cell death mechanisms, highlighting the latest insights into their complex regulation and execution, and their relevance to human diseases.
Diversity and complexity of cell death: a historical review - Nature
WEBAug 23, 2023 · Death is the inevitable fate of all living organisms, whether at the individual or cellular level. For a long time, cell death was believed to be an undesirable but unavoidable final outcome of...
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