I cannot feel good about losing the opportunity to feel, — I-wonder
All of them gave something, especially the Spinoza view, but none of them is enough to accept losing a life.
I might be too picky, I might be asking too much from you, but I'm just a human being. — I-wonder
I think this is the thinking that matters. Try reading Tennyson's UlyssesBut fear is too small an emotion for the case. — unenlightened
I disagree, I don't have a problem with deep sleep, anaesthesia and the like because of, I have them so I can live, whether it is surgery to make my life better, or just sleeping after a long day at university, with the will to wake up tomorrow to go and do things you want/should do,We do a trial-run of losing our life with sleep, no?
Nor should you. But fear is too small an emotion for the case. — unenlightened
Anything I can think of as meaningful is within my consciousness, which is lost when we die.
I mean even without the fear, it's clear it's a big loss. — I-wonder
Maybe this is the issue. A dash of coherentism, a drop of foundationalism, and some pragmatism, too.I became [..] a lot humble and embracing uncertainty and scepticism, I don't want to believe something too much and repeat it all over again, plus it's only rational to be uncertain. — I-wonder
Probably around you are reasonably healthy people living reasonable lives. — tim wood
Do you have a cat? You may have noticed that cats are fearless, a good lesson there. Or another way: life is a big dish of delicious ice cream. You can sit and watch it melt and attract flies or you can eat it. Which? — tim wood
OR go with Socrates and view death as an unopened gift. — I like sushi
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