WORDS IN PAIN: Letters on Life and Death
First published anonymously in 1919, these letters from a dying woman to her doctor display an attitude to death which is fiercely independent of religion but full of hope. The book will appeal to diverse readers: it is a picture of family life and love, interspersed with clear-headed musings on the nature of illness, loss and death; it illuminates the development of rationalist thought, humanism and liberal education and the history of adoption; and it provides
comfort for those who try to come to terms with dying, without religion to cushion the blow. As her dialogues with
the doctor, a Christian, show, Jacoby is witty and erudite, and rails against the dogmas of organised religion while
espousing a passionate morality.
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comfort for those who try to come to terms with dying, without religion to cushion the blow. As her dialogues with
the doctor, a Christian, show, Jacoby is witty and erudite, and rails against the dogmas of organised religion while
espousing a passionate morality.
WORDS IN PAIN: Letters on Life and Death
First published anonymously in 1919, these letters from a dying woman to her doctor display an attitude to death which is fiercely independent of religion but full of hope. The book will appeal to diverse readers: it is a picture of family life and love, interspersed with clear-headed musings on the nature of illness, loss and death; it illuminates the development of rationalist thought, humanism and liberal education and the history of adoption; and it provides
comfort for those who try to come to terms with dying, without religion to cushion the blow. As her dialogues with
the doctor, a Christian, show, Jacoby is witty and erudite, and rails against the dogmas of organised religion while
espousing a passionate morality.
comfort for those who try to come to terms with dying, without religion to cushion the blow. As her dialogues with
the doctor, a Christian, show, Jacoby is witty and erudite, and rails against the dogmas of organised religion while
espousing a passionate morality.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781911072447 |
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Publisher: | Skyscraper Publications |
Publication date: | 03/11/2019 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
File size: | 2 MB |
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