PSYC 3570 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Hindu Philosophy, Epicurus, Psych

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3570
• Professor: Dr. Pitt

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What of programmed cell death (pcd) here death is not in the stars, but in every cell of our bodies. Freud (1920) brought the drama into our own being with his concept of death instinct: named this concept thanatos after the greek god who delivers peaceful death. Ideas about the nature and meaning of death. Some of us know for sure that death is the implacable enemy of life while others know for sure that death is the portal through which we enter a higher form of existence. We might have difficulty in realizing that life and death can be regarded differently by other people. In hindu philosophy birth, death, rebirth and then again, death are linked in a constantly recurring cycle: we are born to die, but die to be reborn. What (cid:449)e (cid:373)ea(cid:374) (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:862)death(cid:863) (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)es of p(cid:396)a(cid:272)ti(cid:272)al i(cid:373)po(cid:396)ta(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:449)he(cid:374) (cid:449)e (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)i(cid:272)ate with others who have a different conception.