MAURICE MAETERLINCK TRANSLATED BY ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS

CONTENTS

DEATH I OUR IDEA OF DEATH I

II A PRIMITIVE IDEA T

III WE MUST ENLIGHTEN AND ESTABLISH OUR IDEA OF DEATH I

IV WE MUST RID DEATH OF THAT WHICH GOES BEFORE T

V THE PANGS OF DEATH MUST BE ATTRIBUTED TO MAN ALONE I

VI THE MISTAKE OF THE DOCTORS IN PROLONGING THE PANGS OF DEATH O

VII THEIR ARGUMENTS T

VIII THAT WHICH DOES NOT BELONG TO DEATH I

IX THE HORRORS OF THE GRAVE ALSO DO NOT BELONG TO DEATH D

X WHEN CONTEMPLATING THE UNKNOWN INTO WHICH DEATH HURLS US, LET

XI ANNIHILATION IMPOSSIBLE H

XII THE SURVIVAL OF OUR CONSCIOUSNESS N

XIII IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE T

XIV THE SAME, CONTINUED B

XV IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, IT WOULD NOT BE DREADFUL I

XVI THE SURVIVAL WITHOUT CONSCIOUSNESS T

XVII THE SAME, CONTINUED T

XVIII THE LIMITED EGO WOULD BECOME A TORTURE B

XIX A NEW EGO CAN FIND A NUCLEUS AND DEVELOP ITSELF IN INFINITY O

XX THE ONLY SORROW THAT CAN TOUCH OUR MIND W

XXI INFINITY AS CONCEIVED BY OUR REASON L

XXII INFINITY AS PERCEIVED BY OUR SENSES A

XXIII WHICH OF THE TWO SHALL WE KNOW? W

XXIV THE INFINITY WHICH BOTH OUR REASON AND OUR SENSES CAN ADMIT B

XXV OUR FATE IN INFINITY W

XXVI THE SAME, CONTINUED B

XXVII SHALL WE BE UNHAPPY THERE? S

XXVIII QUESTIONS WITHOUT ANSWERS W

XXIX THE SAME, CONTINUED H

XXX IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO ANSWER THEM B

XXXI EVERYTHING MUST FINISH EXEMPT FROM SUFFERING E

Title: Death

Author: Maurice Maeterlinck

Language: English

Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1

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