Epicureanism and skepticism about practical reason
Epicureans believe that death cannot harm the one who dies because they hold the existence condition, which states that a subject is able to be harmed only while they exist. I show that on one reading of this condition death can, in fact, make the deceased worse off because it is satisfied by the de...
Main Author: | Frugé, C |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2019
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