Dying is only human: the case death makes for the immortality of the person

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The claim of the present article is that human mortality makes a case for the discovery of the immortal nature of the person. Based on a clear distinction of the concepts of the human being and the person, human beings and persons are considered immortal insofar as both entities evidently do not qualify for a definition as living systems. On the one hand, human beings are presented as neither lifeless nor living systems. On the other hand, persons are introduced as lifeless systems and, as a result, immortal system. This claim is extended by the statement that, even if supposed to be living systems, persons could be considered at least potentially immortal, which is illustrated by a brief and proxy case of the person of Karl Marx.

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• ISSN: 1532-5555
• Extent: Seite(n): 37-41
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Tamara : Journal for Critical Organization Inquiry, 11(2)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Philosophie ; Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Philosophie, Theologie ; Allgemeine Soziologie, Makrosoziologie, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie ; Mensch ; Sterblichkeit ; Leben ; Tod ; Interaktion ; soziales System ; deskriptive Studie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Roth, Steffen
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Deutschland
• (when): 2013

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-412279
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln