New Philosopher – July 2019

NewPhilosopher The meaning of death

Source:

Oxford English Dictionary

noun:

1. The action or fact of dying or being killed; the end of the life of
   a person or organism;


2. The state of being dead;


3. The permanent ending of vital processes in a cell or tissue;


4. The personification of the power that destroys life, often
   represented in art and literature as a skeleton or an old man
   holding a scythe (also called the Grim Reaper);


5. The destruction or permanent end of something;


6. A damaging or destructive state of affairs.

Origin: Old English death, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dood
and German Tod, also to die.

death

/dɛθ/