Death as a Motive of Philosophic Thought (IN: Essays in Self-Destruction, ed. by E S Shneidman)

The author claims that contemporary philosophers, with the exception of the existentialists, ignore the subject of death. He reviews works from past philosophers, to whom death was a major theme. He states that some contemporary philosophers may be able to avoid thinking of death because they are able to reconcile their thought to religious doctrine; or, because they are generally indifferent to death. 13 Ref. (NBB)