{"product_id":"9780812693300","title":"Death: Philosophical Soundings","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo one who reads this book will ever again think of their own death in the same way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFingarette faces up to the reality of death and demolishes some popular errors in our thinking about death. He examines the metaphors which mislead us: death as parting, death as sleep, immortality as the denial of death, and selflessness as a kind of consolation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe thinks through some of the more illuminating metaphors: death as the end of the world for me, death as the conclusion of a story, life as ceremony, and life as a tourist visit to earth. Fingarette goes on to discuss living a future without end and living a present without bounds. The author offers no facile consolation, but he identifies the true root of fear of death, and explains how the meaning of death can be reconceived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"All of Herbert Fingarette's books are enormously personal voyages that explore with philosophical honesty real life dilemmas: self-deception, cultural alterity, the role of ritual, the achievement of personhood, justifications for alcoholism, and now death. One of Fingarette's most important career accomplishments\". -- Roger T. Ames Philosophy East \u0026amp; West\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Court Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47007732302064,"sku":"9780812693300","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780812693300_p0.jpg?v=1763740993","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780812693300","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}