Well-Being and Death

Well-Being and Death

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-224

  Bradley, Ben ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Death; Difference making; Epicurus; Hedonism; Intrinsic value; Time; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949135297     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199557967.001.1     Document Type: Book

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