Can there be a philosophical resolution of the problem of death?
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Workshop # 35, Meaning and Death, Series 7,
This event begins at 7.30 pm S'pore & WA time, 12.30 pm UK, 7.30 am NY.
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The workshops include of a prior presentation of the topic by myself on YouTube. The meeting itself consists of a brief review of the topic followed by questions and discussion. The weekly topic is posted a week before the event, together with a suggested reading from my work The Pursuit of Value, available through Amazon Books or myself. Discussion notes for the topic are available by email.
THIS WEEK: Religion attempts to resolve the problem of death with eternal life. The stoic Lucretius tells us that it is literally nothing to be afraid of. These kinds of answers seem to be neither realistic nor adequate. Yet death is one of the parameters of life that we must confront. Must we resort to resignation, intellectual evasion or simple acceptance? Death is the loss of our future, and it also brings the loss of those we love. Can we find sufficient value in the present to resolve or ameliorate that loss? Reading: The Pursuit of Value, Ch. 5, Scn. vi.