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I like this quote by a Greek philosopher Epicurus “Why should I fear death? If I am, then death is not. If Death is, then I am not." Besides, we all already ha
by mcjkrw 6y ago
I like this quote by a Greek philosopher Epicurus “Why should I fear death? If I am, then death is not. If Death is, then I am not."
Besides, we all already have died in one way or another. I'm 24 year old, is my 15 year old self still alive, is my 5 year old self still alive? Nope. Even if I make it to my 40s, I will become a different person by then - the person that is me will die in some form.
Now imagine if you lived 500 - 1000 years. There are few this could go:
1.You will be fairly active your entire life, thus experience many of these "personality deaths" - so what difference does it make if you finally die for real
2.You will grow old mentally and stagnate. Chances are you will want to die anyway because you can't take it anymore.
3.You will achieve some degree of "enlightment" - and the forementioned quote will probably make even more sense than we can intellectually imagine