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Old enough to die
Would you want to live forever?
Bernard Williams argued that an endless life would end in boredom, because you would outlive every reason you had to go on. Others think there would always be another book, another friend, another morning.
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ReadingAs soon as man comes to lifeDeath is the possibility of the absolute impossibility of Dasein… As soon as man comes to life, he is at once old enough to die.
Death is the possibility of the absolute impossibility of Dasein… As soon as man comes to life, he is at once old enough to die.
ReadingA reminiscence of somebody elseAnd in his imagination he began to recall the best moments of his pleasant life. But strange to say none of those best moments of his pleasant life now seemed at all what they had then seemed — none of them except the first recollections of childhood… But the child who had experienced that happiness existed no longer, it was like a reminiscence of somebody else.
And in his imagination he began to recall the best moments of his pleasant life. But strange to say none of those best moments of his pleasant life now seemed at all what they had then seemed — none of them except the first recollections of childhood… But the child who had experienced that happiness existed no longer, it was like a reminiscence of somebody else.