Author: LifePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Life's evening; or, Thoughts for the aged
Author: LifeLife's Evening; Or, Thoughts for the Aged
Author: LifeLife's Evening; Or, Thoughts for the Aged
Author: George GissingPublisher:
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Category : Old age
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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Life's Evening; Or, Thoughts for the Aged
Author: Samuel BurnhamPublisher:
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Category : Old age
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Life's Evening; Or, Thoughts for the Aged
Author: Life's Evening; Or, Thoughts for the Aged
Author: Samuel BurnhamPublisher:
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Category : Older people
Languages : en
Pages : 265
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Life's Evening
Author: Samuel BurnhamPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780364348598
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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Excerpt from Life's Evening: Or Thoughts for the Aged An impatient, restless, grasping, or dissatis fied spirit is not consistent with the character of an aged pilgrim. Habitual quietude and self-possession should mark his demeanor. Neither the excitements of the world, nor the agitations of the professing Church, should ruffle your equanimity; for you are too expe rienced a traveller in this vale of tears to be discomposed by the distractions around you, or to doubt the Wisdom and faithfulness of Him who makes all things work together for good. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Evening of Life
Author: Joseph E. DavisPublisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN: 026810803X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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Although philosophy, religion, and civic cultures used to help people prepare for aging and dying well, this is no longer the case. Today, aging is frequently seen as a problem to be solved and death as a harsh reality to be masked. In part, our cultural confusion is rooted in an inadequate conception of the human person, which is based on a notion of absolute individual autonomy that cannot but fail in the face of the dependency that comes with aging and decline at the end of life. To help correct the ethical impoverishment at the root of our contemporary social confusion, The Evening of Life provides an interdisciplinary examination of the challenges of aging and dying well. It calls for a re-envisioning of cultural concepts, practices, and virtues that embraces decline, dependency, and finitude rather than stigmatizes them. Bringing together the work of sociologists, anthropologists, philosophers, theologians, and medical practitioners, this collection of essays develops an interrelated set of conceptual tools to discuss the current challenges posed to aging and dying well, such as flourishing, temporality, narrative, and friendship. Above all, it proposes a positive understanding of thriving in old age that is rooted in our shared vulnerability as human beings. It also suggests how some of these tools and concepts can be deployed to create a medical system that better responds to our contemporary needs. The Evening of Life will interest bioethicists, medical practitioners, clinicians, and others involved in the care of the aging and dying. Contributors: Joseph E. Davis, Sharon R. Kaufman, Paul Scherz, Wilfred M. McClay, Kevin Aho, Charles Guignon, Bryan S. Turner, Janelle S. Taylor, Sarah L. Szanton, Janiece Taylor, and Justin Mutter
The fifty-first (-136th) annual report of the Religious tract society
Author: Religious tract societyPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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The Publishers' Trade List Annual
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Publishers'
Languages : en
Pages : 2262
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