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2. WHOLENESS — The paradox is that death makes life whole. “In the visible world of nature, a great truth is concealed in plain sight: diminishment and beauty, darkness and light, death and life are not opposites. They are held together in the paradox of ‘hidden wholeness.’. ” — Parker Palmer, Let Your Life Speak.
Dec 29, 2014 · If we had three arms or six fingers, our analysis of the meaning of life wouldn’t change; but if we didn’t die our analysis would be vastly different. If our concerns with annihilation vanished, a good part of what seems to undermine meaning would disappear. To understand the issue of the meaning of life, we must think about death.
Nov 19, 2011 · New evidence continues to suggest that Einstein was right, death is an illusion. Our classical way of thinking is based on the belief that the world has an objective observer-independent existence ...
life, it is important to obtain a better understanding of what role, if any, death plays in giving meaning to our lives. One might maintain, as did Williams2 and Frankl,3 that death is necessary for life to be meaningful. This is a strong claim and should be distinguished from the weaker claim that death, in some situations, can enhance the ...
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Jun 20, 2023 · Ontological confrontation, facing the inevitability of death, can help build meaning and well-being in life. Anticipating death can provide the organizing principles for how we conduct ourselves ...
Nov 1, 2021 · These two philosophers help us see the ways that death occupies the background of consciousness — and that the background is where it belongs. “Both in politics and in everyday life, one of the worst things we could do is get used to death, treat it as unremarkable or as anything other than a loss,” says Susanna Siegel, Harvard’s Edgar ...
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The Meaning of Death. Laszlo Makay, George Marosan Jr. and David Vatai consider whether death destroys meaning or creates it. Unsurprisingly, people are obsessed with the meaning of their lives. Many also think that death is the antithesis of meaning – the single greatest obstacle to a meaningful life.
