“死亡”自人类诞生以来就一直是人类不可回避且历久弥新的话题。作为人类精神的制高点,哲学最具智慧之处莫过于对“死亡”的洞悉,几千年以来,哲学家们对“死亡”这一话题作了诸多研究,但至今仍未得出准确的统一的结论。本文将以历史为主线简述中西方哲学家具有代表性的观点并探讨“死亡”这一论题的现代意义。 “Death ” has been an unavoidable and time-honored topic of mankind since its birth. As the commanding height of human spirits, the most wisdom of philosophy lies in its insight into “Death ”. For thousands of years, philosophers made many studies on the topic of “Death Out of the exact conclusion of unity. This article will give a brief account of the representative opinions of Chinese and Western philosophers from the perspective of history and probe into the modern significance of the theme of ”death".