The question of what constitutes a 'good death' has been a central preoccupation of philosophers since ancient times. This book looks at 190 philosophers' often bizarre deaths and offers tales of madness, murder and pathos.
Simon Critchley is Professor of Philosophy at the New School in New York. He is the author of many books, most recently On Heidegger's Being and Time and Infinitely Demanding: Ethics of Commitment, Politics of Resistance and has also written about the philosophy of humour and poetry. He was born in the UK lives in Brooklyn.
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