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Mortal Questions by Thomas Nagel is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Mortal Questions about?
Thomas Nagel's Mortal Questions explores some fundamental issues concerning the meaning, nature and value of human life. Questions about our attitudes to death, sexual behaviour, social inequality, war and political power are shown to lead to more obviously philosophical problems about personal identity, consciousness, freedom, and value. This original and illuminating book aims at a form of understanding that is both theoretical and personal in its lively engagement with what are literally issues of life and death.
Who reads Mortal Questions?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Thomas Nagel
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 1979
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781107604711
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Fiction, Philosophy, Anthropology
- Rating
- 4.01 / 5 (311 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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