قراءة كتاب Death
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DEATH
BY
MAURICE MAETERLINCK
TRANSLATED BY
ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
1912
Copyright, 1911
By Maurice Maeterlinck
Published, January, 1912
All rights reserved
THE WORKS OF MAURICE MAETERLINCK IN
UNIFORM STYLE AND BINDING
ESSAYS
The Treasure of the Humble
Wisdom and Destiny
The Life of the Bee
The Buried Temple
The Double Garden
The Measure of the Hours
Death
PLAYS
Sister Beatrice and Ardiane and Barbe Bleue
Joyzelle and Monna Vanna
The Blue Bird, A Fairy Play
Mary Magdalene
Pélléas and Mélisande, and Other Plays
Princess Maleine
The Intruder, and Other Plays
Aglavaine and Selysette
HOLIDAY EDITIONS
The text in each case is an extract from one of the above mentioned books.
Our Friend the Dog
Old-Fashioned Flowers
The Swarm
The Intelligence of the Flowers
Chrysanthemums
The Leaf of Olive
Thoughts from Maeterlinck
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I | OUR IDEA OF DEATH | 3 |
| II | A PRIMITIVE IDEA | 5 |
| III | WE MUST ENLIGHTEN AND ESTABLISH OUR IDEA OF DEATH |
10 |
| IV | WE MUST RID DEATH OF THAT WHICH GOES BEFORE |
12 |
| V | THE PANGS OF DEATH MUST BE ATTRIBUTED TO MAN ALONE |
14 |
| VI | THE MISTAKE OF THE DOCTORS IN PROLONGING THE PANGS OF DEATH |
17 |
| VII | THEIR ARGUMENT | 19 |
| VIII | THAT WHICH DOES NOT BELONG TO DEATH | 21 |
| IX | THE HORRORS OF THE GRAVE ALSO DO NOT BELONG TO DEATH |
25 |
| X | WHEN CONTEMPLATING THE UNKNOWN INTO WHICH DEATH HURLS US, LET US FIRST PUT RELIGIOUS FEARS FROM OUR MINDS |
29 |
| XI | ANNIHILATION IMPOSSIBLE | 33 |
| XII | THE SURVIVAL OF OUR CONSCIOUSNESS | 37 |
| XIII | IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE | 39 |
| XIV | THE SAME, CONTINUED | 45 |
| XV | IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, IT WOULD NOT BE DREADFUL |
48 |
| XVI | THE SURVIVAL WITHOUT CONSCIOUSNESS |
