I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather did. Not screaming in terror like his passengers. — James Riley
Nietzsche — Manuel
The other opinion about death is that it is oblivion, the complete cessation of consciousness, not only unable to feel but a complete lack of awareness, like a person in a deep, dreamless sleep. Socrates says that even this oblivion does not frighten him very much, because while he would be unaware, he would correspondingly be free from any pain or suffering. Indeed, Socrates says, not even the great King of Persia could say that he ever rested so soundly and peacefully as he did in a dreamless sleep. — Eternal Oblivion
How can death be sleep when sleep is part of being alive? — The Opposite
:chin:I can conceive of a synthetic mind-substrate extension of the organic mind-substrate whereby the continuity of self-aware personal identity (i.e. "consciousness") is, in effect, transferred from the latter to the former ... — 180 Proof
Delta waves — TheMadFool
How can death be sleep when sleep is part of being alive? — The Opposite
Death can be thought to be like a dreamless sleep. — Xtrix
None of these things are true. — The Opposite
:up:... a state of pre-birth. — Xtrix
To the extent they matter, we stake all of our "hopes" on the uncertain ...The future's uncertain
And the end is always
Near
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