Better Never to Have Been

2006 book by David Benatar
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Better Never to Have Been

Summary

Better Never to Have Been is a philosophical work[1]. It draws 196 Wikipedia views per month (philosophical_work category, ranking #6 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • Better Never to Have Been authored David Benatar[3].
  • Better Never to Have Been's instance of is recorded as philosophical work[4].
  • Better Never to Have Been's publisher is recorded as Oxford University Press[5].
  • Better Never to Have Been's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 5578162669537055500007[6].
  • Better Never to Have Been's GND ID is recorded as 1237000858[7].
  • Better Never to Have Been's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • Better Never to Have Been's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Better Never to Have Been's publication date is recorded as +2006-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Better Never to Have Been's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06q177r[11].
  • Better Never to Have Been's Open Library ID is recorded as OL22740223M[12].
  • Better Never to Have Been's has edition or translation is recorded as Q131927983[13].
  • Better Never to Have Been's main subject is recorded as antinatalism[14].
  • Better Never to Have Been's main subject is recorded as philosophical pessimism[15].
  • Better Never to Have Been's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 2632828[16].
  • Better Never to Have Been's number of pages is recorded as {'amount': '+237'}[17].
  • Better Never to Have Been's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Better Never to Have Been'}[18].
  • Better Never to Have Been's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '生まれてこない方が良かった'}[19].
  • Better Never to Have Been's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Harm of Coming into Existence'}[20].
  • Better Never to Have Been's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '存在してしまうことの害悪'}[21].
  • Better Never to Have Been's National Library of Poland MMS ID is recorded as 9813251720105606[22].

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Works and Contributions

Better Never to Have Been authored David Benatar[3].

Why It Matters

Better Never to Have Been draws 196 Wikipedia views per month (philosophical_work category, ranking #6 of 22).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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