Life is temporary and fleeting. Death is a universal certainty, not a gamble.
I would say that so long as we are alive we have agency over ourselves and our surroundings, even if only marginally. The real benefit of life is not merely the fear of death. It is the opportunity to see and to know and to change the world around you. Cognition is a gift, even if it is a confusing and imperfect one.
What’s more, death is not non-existence, it is non-sentience. The stuff that is you is still there. It is simply rendered powerless and ignorant. You are still of the world and in the world. You have only given up your ability to actively participate in it.
Life is temporary and fleeting. Death is a universal certainty, not a gamble.
I would say that so long as we are alive we have agency over ourselves and our surroundings, even if only marginally. The real benefit of life is not merely the fear of death. It is the opportunity to see and to know and to change the world around you. Cognition is a gift, even if it is a confusing and imperfect one.
What’s more, death is not non-existence, it is non-sentience. The stuff that is you is still there. It is simply rendered powerless and ignorant. You are still of the world and in the world. You have only given up your ability to actively participate in it.