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Philip Roth’s Death and His Thoughts on Mortality

May 23, 2018 pfrancis417

When Phillip Roth talked about the death of his friend, Saul Bellow, he said “A great man has died.  There…

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Posted in: Art, Philosophy

Nine Perspectives: “Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death” from PBS

March 27, 2018 pfrancis417

To hear a variety of perspectives on death, it’s worth watching Helen Whitney’s “Into the Night: Portraits of Life and…

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Posted in: Art, Philosophy

Poem about Death at the End of “The Shape of Water”

March 25, 2018 pfrancis417

I finally saw The Shape of Water last night (and the night before last).  I rarely watch movies twice and I’ve…

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Posted in: Art, Grief, Living after Loved One Dies, Philosophy

A Philosopher’s Look at Our Fear of Death and Suggestions for Reconciliation with Death

February 28, 2018 pfrancis417

Cambridge philosopher Stephen Cave talks about ways we try to reconcile ourselves with death and has some suggestions of his…

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Adopting Thoreau’s View of the Interconnected Nature of Life and Death

February 6, 2018 pfrancis417

Body of Walden (collage painting by Patti Francis) Henry David Thoreau viewed living and dying as transition, noting that all…

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