Table of Contents

1. The Epicurean View of Death 2. Radical Epicureanism 3. Premature Death and the Complete Life 4. Counterfactual Comments 5. Death and Deprivation 6. A Critique in Four Dimensions 7. Killing 8. Immortality 9. Will He Nill He 10. Suicide Bibliography Index

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Provides a rigorous defense of the Epicurean argument that ‘death is nothing to us’.

About the Author

David B. Suits is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA.

Reviews

David B. Suits’ new monograph on the Epicurean view of death approaches the subject with much-needed, serious philosophical interest ... I would recommend the book to anyone interested in the Philosophy of Life or Death, as well as the modern field of Philosophy as a Way of Life ... the work is valuable for thinking through how Epicurean theories remain relevant and how they can still be utilized to address important concerns in the modern world including life and death.
*Bryn Mawr Classical Review*

Written with verve and wit, David Suits’ Epicurus and the Singularity of Death is a masterful defense both of the controversial Epicurean view that death is not a harm to the one who dies and of the startling implications that this has for many issues in applied ethics.
*James Stacey Taylor, Professor of Philosophy, The College of New Jersey, USA*