PHL281H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Epicureanism, Ataraxia
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She"s happy as a three-year-old, though: a 50-year old, former television executive, who has had a severe accident which has left her with the mind of a 3-year-old. She"s happy as a three-year-old, though: what stance does lucretious hold on death, when you are alive death is not with you. Examples: death is not good nor bad. examples?, you shouldn"t fear or welcome death. It overlooks directionality of time: can welcome or fear the cessation of a bad or good expericen as well as the occurrence of it the life you leave behind, fear to lose your loved ones. Fear to leave behind your family: maybe people fear dying, not death the moment of dying itself, religious commitments to life after death. Nagel: what does nagel argue for, he argues against the epicureans that death is always a harm to the one who suffers it.
