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DEATH
BY
MAURICE MAETERLINCK
TRANSLATED BY ALEXANDER
TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
Copyright, 1912
By MAURICE MAETERLINCK
Published, January, 1912
CONTENTS
I.
OUR
IDEA OF DEATH
II. A
PRIMITIVE IDEA
III. WE MUST
ENLIGHTEN AND ESTABLISH OUR
IDEA OF DEATH
IV. WE MUST
RID DEATH OF THAT WHICH GOES
BEFORE
V. THE PANGS
OF DEATH MUST BE ATTRIBUTED TO
MAN ALONE
VI. THE
MISTAKE OF THE DOCTORS IN PROLONGING
THE FAILINGS OF DEATH
VII. THEIR
ARGUEMENTS
VIII. THAT
WHICH DOES NOT BELONG TO DEATH
IX. THE
HORRORS OF THE GRAVE ALSO DO NOT
BELONG TO DEATH
X. WHEN
CONTEMPLATING THE UNKNOWN INTO WHICH
DEATH HURLS US,
LET
US FIRST PUT RELIGIOUS FEARS FROM OUR MINDS
XI.
ANNIHILATION IMPOSSIBLE
XII. THE
SURVIVAL OF OUR CONSCIOUSNESS
XIII. IT
SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE
XIV. THE
SAME, CONTINUED
XV. IF IT
WERE POSSIBLE, IT WOULD NOT BE
DREADFUL
XVI. THE
SURVIVAL WITHOUT CONSCIOUSNESS
XVII. THE
SAME, CONTINUED
XVIII. THE
LIMITED EGO WOULD BECOME A TORTURE
XIX. A NEW
EGO CAN FIND A NUCLEUS AND
DEVELOP ITSELF IN INFINITY
XX. THE ONLY
SORROW THAT CAN TOUCH OUR MIND
XXI. INFINITY
AS CONCEIVED BY OUR REASON
XXII.
INFINITY AS PERCEIVED BY OUR SENSES
XXIII. WHICH
OF THE TWO SHALL WE KNOW?
XXIV. THE
INFINITY WHICH BOTH OUR REASON AND
OUR SENSES CAN ADMIT
XXV. OUR
FAITH IN INFINITY
XXVI. THE
SAME, CONTINUED
XXVII. SHALL
WE BE UNHAPPY THERE?
XXVIII.
QUESTIONS WITHOUT ANSWERS?
XXIX. THE
SAME, CONTINUED
XXX. IT IS
NOT NECESSARY TO ANSWER THEM
XXXI.
EVERYTHING MUST FINISH EXEMPT FROM
SUFFERING
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