Death

by Maurice Maeterlinck

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

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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	[51]
XVII	THE SAME, CONTINUED	[54]
XVIII	THE LIMITED EGO WOULD BECOME A TORTURE	[57]
XIX	A NEW EGO CAN FIND A NUCLEUS AND DEVELOP ITSELF IN INFINITY	[60]
XX	THE ONLY SORROW THAT CAN TOUCH OUR MIND	[65]
XXI	INFINITY AS CONCEIVED BY OUR REASON	[68]
XXII	INFINITY AS PERCEIVED BY OUR SENSES	[71]
XXIII	WHICH OF THE TWO SHALL WE KNOW?	[74]
XXIV	THE INFINITY WHICH BOTH OUR REASON AND OUR SENSES CAN ADMIT	[77]
XXV	OUR FAITH IN INFINITY	[81]
XXVI	THE SAME, CONTINUED	[84]
XXVII	SHALL WE BE UNHAPPY THERE?	[87]
XXVIII	QUESTIONS WITHOUT ANSWERS?	[90]
XXIX	THE SAME, CONTINUED	[95]
XXX	IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO ANSWER THEM	[99]
XXXI	EVERYTHING MUST FINISH EXEMPT FROM SUFFERING	[102]