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- Title
Contribution of Martha Nussbaum's The Therapy of Desire.
- Authors
Fischer, John Martin
- Abstract
Evaluates the significance of Martha Nussbaum's `The Therapy of Desire,' focusing on Chapter six, `Mortal Immortals: Lucretius on Death and the Voice of Nature.' Attribution of the medical model of philosophy to Hellenistic philosophers; Arguments on the irrationality of the fear of death; Role of parental nurturing and protection.
- Subjects
THERAPY of Desire, The (Book); FEAR of death; ANCIENT philosophy
- Publication
Philosophy & Phenomenological Research, 1999, Vol 59, Issue 3, p787
- ISSN
0031-8205
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2653798