Sunday, November 30, 2008

Time Kills All Its Pupils

"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome."
-Isaac Asimov


Thoughts from the Epicureans:
Suppose we do not survive our deaths. We as individuals have become extinct.
No prolongation of life can reduce the amount of time spent dead.
Some see an infinite lifespan being no better than a finite one, and some would see it as worse (I'm not quite sure how to process this but I'll try).
Obviously we will not be around to experience being dead and therefore cannot be unhappy, harmed, nor can we yearn for life and the the opportunities we are being deprived of after death.

The question is, "Can anything be bad for someone without being positively unpleasant?"

Is there any reasonable basis for caring more about the possibilities we will miss after death rather than the ones we have already missed before birth?

If death really is our exiting existence in its entirety when would we suffer this?


"There is nothing frightening about an eternal dreamless sleep. Surely it is better than eternal torment in Hell and eternal boredom in Heaven."
-Isaac Asimov

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