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• Death and culture — All Is Vanity by C. Allan Gilbert, suggesting an intertwining between life and death. This article is about death in the different cultures around the world as well as ethical issues relating to death, such as martrydom, suicide and euthanasia.… …   Wikipedia

• life — I (period of existence) noun anima, continuance, cycle, duration, endurance, existence, lastingness, lifetime, period, period of survival, span, survival, term, term of activity, term of effectiveness, time, time from birth to death, vita… …   Law dictionary

• life span — 1. the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it. 2. the longevity of an individual. [1915 20] * * * Time between birth and death. It ranges from a… …   Universalium

• BIRTH — The injunction to be fruitful and multiply (Gen. 1:28) is regarded as the first commandment of the Bible. As a consequence of the disobedience of Eve in the Garden of Eden,   the pangs of childbirth were foretold (Gen. 3:16). References to pangs… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• cycle — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 series of events that happen repeatedly ADJECTIVE ▪ annual, daily, monthly, seasonal, weekly ▪ the annual cycle of church festivals ▪ irregular …   Collocations dictionary

• Life — For other uses, see Life (disambiguation). Life (Biota / Vitae / Eobionti) …   Wikipedia

• death —    by William Pawlett   Death is a vital term in Baudrillard s theoretical vocabulary, used in a number of different but interrelated senses. According to Baudrillard the system of power and control is founded on a particular construction of the… …   The Baudrillard dictionary

• Death — For other uses, see Death (disambiguation) and Dead (disambiguation). Dying redirects here. For the process of coloring, see Dyeing. For other uses, see Near death (disambiguation). The human skull, widely considered a symbol of death Death is… …   Wikipedia

• life-cycle — A widely used metaphor denoting the passage of an individual through the successive stages of life, from birth to death through childhood, adolescence , adult life, and old age, and implying a return to infancy in old age. The term is broadly… …   Dictionary of sociology

• life — noun 1 living things ADJECTIVE ▪ intelligent ▪ Is there intelligent life on other planets? ▪ animal, bird, human, insect, plant …   Collocations dictionary

• LIFE SCIENCES — Introduction Biology has become a vast subject which has increasingly merged with traditionally separate disciplines, particularly chemistry and physics. Indeed life sciences is now a more appropriate term than biology. Furthermore the life… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism