Verkkothe existential reality of death is something different. It raises philosophical questions about what death really means in a human existential. Verkkoquestion of immortality in their philosophical writings. Their common starting point is the sense for the gravity of the subject, rooted in the human fear of death and ultimate. Verkkohis analysis focuses on three fundamental problems: (1) the definition of human death, (2) the knowledge of mortality and of human death as such, and (3) the question of. Verkkohis analysis focuses on three fundamental problems: (1) the definition of human death, (2) the knowledge of mortality and of human death as such, and (3) the question of. Verkkosocrates claim that philosophy is preparation for death to camus' assertion that there is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide, philosophers of. University of jyväskylä & university of helsinki. This chapter opens a new philosophical perspective onto human mortality by elaborating three classical. Second, in heightening our. Verkkothis chapter, which analyzes questions about death and immortality, explains the different notions of immortality and discusses three challenges to the idea that any. Verkkocontemporary philosophy on the subject of death, or “thanatology”, aims to awaken the human being from the drowsiness resulting from this negation or this rejection of.