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Michael H. Mitias. Death, Family, and Love
DEATH, FAMILY, AND LOVE
Table of Contents
Dr. Athenaion Meets the God of Death
A Look at The Athenaion Family
Henry Athenaion’s Last Testimony
Another Duel between Dr. Athenaion and the God of Death
The Death of Henry Athenaion
The Eminent Dr. Athenaion in Jail
The Final Battle Between Dr. Athenaion and the God of Death
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Michael H. Mitias
Dr. Anat Athenaion was absorbed in a meditation on Hegel’s conception of the good society when she heard three soft knocks at the door of her apartment. She was startled, and to some extent annoyed, because she was not expecting any visitors, not on a Sunday morning, and because she was in the heat of a creative act. She was about to articulate a new interpretation of the much-discussed and spectacularly misunderstood concept of “ethical society.” That is, of a society in which people can flourish as human individuals, one that is vitally relevant to a society that seems to be increasingly dominated and governed by political, economic, religious, and scientific technocrats. She felt that this on-going development would inevitably undermine the essential conditions of human growth and development: freedom, justice, compassion, creativity, and friendship. If you deprive people of these qualities, you necessarily reduce them to social, economic, or political robots. You deprive them of the capacity to be human individuals, that is, the capacity to be self-determined human beings, beings who can chart the course of their lives and assume responsibility for it.
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“Harmful? How?”
“You have pulled me out of productive meditation, you have stolen valuable time from me, and now, contrary to any norm of courtesy, you are forcing me to indulge in a meaningless conversation. Moreover, how did you know the subject of my meditation?”
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