Description: Death is one of those few topics that attract the attention of just about every significant thinker in the history of Western philosophy, and this attention has resulted in diverse and complex views on death and what comes after. In Meaning and Mortality, Adam Buben offers a remarkably useful new framework for understanding the ways in which philosophy has discussed death by focusing first on two traditional strains in the discussion, the Platonic and the Epicurean.
Review Quotes: "Buben's work is an interesting exploration of what it means to live authentically, that is, by acknowledging the truth of finitude and without fear of death." --Journal of the History of Philosophy