Uses of Philosophy for Living: Death

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The concluding lecture in the Uses of Philosophy for Living series explores our relationship to death and the philosophical implications of different approaches to death. Presented by Wesley Cecil PhD. at Peninsula College.

[@danif9425]

“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.” M. Twain

[@zorbagreek5556]

how many non americans waiting for the lecture.?

[@danilthorstensson8902]

What's a non-American?

[@benjaminrobinson965]

in ever human being is an American waiting to brake out

[@Killingly860]

In America even death is a crime 🤣🤣🤣

[@csmaster65]

Another lecturer, Shelly Kagan, has a great series on death.

[@walterbishop3668]

Right lecture in the right time!

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Lov this

[@a.randomjack6661]

"Life is like a bird that flies out of the darkness and across a crowded hall and then through another window into an endless night again… " Terry Pratchett

[@Kowjja]

Personally i'm bothered by and obsessed with death because i'm 20 and i wanna do something with my life and so far i've done nothing useful and wasted most of it so if i don't die too soon i can change that hopefully

[@rohanjones7238]

Death and Taxes they say

[@timneumann9703]

Necessary conditions for birth of course!

[@mysticseer19]

There are “Two Lives & Two Deaths”.
The first death was that period of time when the universe first came into existence until the moment we were “born” into the physical realm.
The second death 💀 is when we die a “physical death.”
The second death is when we are “resurrected” after “physical death” to stand for judgment at which point we are either admitted into “Paradise” or are condemned in “Hell” - depending, of course, upon how we lived during the first life here on earth.

[@prashantchaudhary2569]

sir , why do we imagine stuffs which we know is useless ? However great lecture , thanx

[@nickgogan]

Prashant !!! Taking an evolutionary/pragmatic POV, we have modules inherited through evolution that are quite good at solving such problems. We adapt them to modern situations, though the matchup seems outlandish now, because nature abhors waste. So, more primitive mammalian and reptilian portions of our being are utilized to imagine and think through more extreme scenarios than are likely. However, the 20th century has shown more barbarism than our species has ever seen (I know that quite a statement, but I’d say the body count and manner of tortures like in Nanking provide justifiable evidence), so we shouldn’t think that these modules won’t ever come in handy again or are completely mismatched to reality. I think it was Whitehead that said something like “We think so our thoughts die instead of us”. I hope this is useful, have a great evening!

[@ZainKhan-sm8gr]

@@nickgogan Well said Nick!

[@ThePlutonian]

....and the "wwwwhhheeeeee" factor is nothing but small talk for the larger transformation

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First!

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Topeka State Hospital hola Kansas

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Your squeaking podium was very annoying.