Thanatos

How To Use Thanatos In A Sentence

• Thus the hymn appears in the Office of Holy Week, with the Greek words ` Ágios ó theòs, ` ágios ìskhuròs, ` Ágios àthánatos èléeson èmâs expressed in Latinized characters, chosen to represent the Greek pronunciation (e.g. eleison imas for eleéson émas, the aspirate, as in modern Greek, remaining unheard). The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
• Furthermore, most cultures do have real or imagined varieties of religion that are malign in purpose, or which celebrate or are at least somehow expressive of what Freud called Thanatos, the "death instinct. Archive 2006-01-08
• I'm not going to comment on whether it's a hook, book, crook, synopsis or study of thanatosis. Archive 2006-12-10
• Eros having thrown Thanatos to the ground, and spat in his face to boot, Patrick turns off his mobile phone, and enters the hospice. THE CHEEK PERFORATION DANCE
• His own horse he called Thanatos, which means Death. The Flight of the Shadow
• In the animal kingdom, it's known as thanatosis - an animal feigns death in order to evade predators or unwelcome mating attention. Ben Sherwood: Playing Dead: How to Survive Like the Hero in the Binghamton Massacre
• As a devotee of Thanatos, he is one with the practitioner of sado-masochistic “play” between “consenting adults,” as he is one with the rapist.p. 224: My white skin disgusts me. Think Progress » In 2005, Exxon CEO Raked in 190K a Day
• In 1935, the name "Thanatos" made a comeback in English, ushered in with psychoanalytic theory and describing an unconscious tendency toward self-destruction. Black Market Kidneys » In Which I Learn That Nas Mislead Me*
• Yet the point where empathy and understanding end and interest wanes, giving way to outright repugnance, is reached when Eros throws himself violently into the arms of Thanatos as if to merge with him, when love seeks to find its highest and purest form, indeed its fulfilment, in death. GreenCine Daily: Weekend shorts.
• He said he chose the name Thanatos - a minor figure in Greek mythology who personified "death" - as his persona because street people told him that was all they had to look forward to. Msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines