> [O]ur deepest fear is no longer death of the body, but death of the soul. Can we be sure that this is something new? In both Western and Eastern culture, you

> [O]ur deepest fear is no longer death of the body, but death of the soul. Can we be sure that this is something new? In both Western and Eastern culture, you can go back thousands of years and follow the sentiment right through to now, century after century: warriors (and to a great extent, aristocrats) have always put honor (which I will include under matters of "soul") before mere physical life. If anything, life began to make more of a difference only now, when we are actually able to do something about meaningfully preserving it.