Death And The Philosopher

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0120080218Death and the Philosopher: 1. Exploring the fascination with the bodies of philosophers.
0220080219Death and the Philosopher. 2: No-one lives forever, but perhaps ideas might.
0320080220Death and the Philosopher. 3: What does the body tell us about the thoughts?
0420080221Death and the Philosopher

4/4. The body of Immanuel Kant has been buried, disinterred and reburied several times as his home town of Konigsberg has changed country, name and ideology over time.

Lesley Chamberlain asks how a bundle of bones can carry the power of the ideas that once animated the living philosopher.

Death and the Philosopher. 4: How can a bundle of bones still carry the power of ideas?