Causes of death for some of the great
philosophers...
(Jan. "94, "From the Editor", Ethics)
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Parmenides:
It wasn't anything at all
Ockham:
Cut while shaving
Russell:
Cut while being shaved by one who did not shave himself
Descartes:
Stopped thinking
Spinoza:
Substance abuse
Leibniz:
Monadnucleosis
Darwin:
Natural causes
Hume:
Unnatural causes
Kant:
Transcendental causes (although it was his own idea)
Paley:
By design
Heidegger:
By Dasein
Meinong:
Climbing accident
Neurath:
Boating accident
G.E. Moore:
By his own hand, obviously
Sheffer:
Stroke
Sartre:
Nausea
Pascal:
Became despondent after losing a wager
Wittgenstein:
Tried to see if death was an experience one lived through.
(Alternate: fell off a ladder)
Hegel:
Collision with owl at dusk
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