Epicurean Thoughts

Title: Epicurean Thoughts
Category: Society & Culture / People
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Epicurean Thoughts

“Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.” -Martin Luther Death is the inevitable and permanent cessation of life and everything associated with it. Whenever something is inescapable, it presents a certain apprehension and anxiety, and in order to achieve happiness in life, one must rid the mind of such apprehension and anxiety. Whether the fear of death is long lasting or short-lived, it is almost …showed first 75 words of 901 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 901 total…are strong, yet lack the ability to alter one’s beliefs. Even though the conclusions drawn from Epicurean logic are quite reasonable, a certain apprehension regarding death will still be present. With a little luck, the fear of death will be transformed into more of a suspicion, or curiosity, rather than a fearful anxiety; however, the mystery that is death will continue to create emotions that require conditioning in the human mind, for all eternity.

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