Death And Death Of Death

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” (Mark Twain). This quote from the famous American writer is the basis for what became one of the hardest ideas to comprehend, death. Death has always been a complex term, causing one to struggle with what the true definition is. It is also hard to wrap your mind around what does it truly mean to die. These are the questions we long for the answer. Whether we acknowledge it or not, death has always been feared by many. Death remains an impossible question, one that has been unexplained since beginning of time. Even though dying is a natural, we as a human race still fear it. What can be done to defeat this never-ending battle? According to Montaigne’s “To Philosophize is to Learn to Die” and Cory Taylor’s “Questions for Me About Dying” we can overcome this by living to the fullest, living with no regrets, living a legacy, and lastly not fearing the inevitable. If you want to conquer the question of life, live in the moment.

Death is an unknown place that people tend to avoid because of the fear that surrounds it. But, there should be fear or anxiety that has built up because being in a strange place will definitely add anxiety and fear to a person. Ron Scranton confirms this idea by saying. “learning how to die isn’t easy… I was terrified by the idea”. From the time when he was in the army, he had no choice but to face the idea of death. What seems to scare individuals the most is the thought and process

Many people seem to fear death, but philosophers such as Socrates and Epicurus would argue that one has no reason to fear it. Socrates sees death as a blessing to be wished for if death is either nothingness or a relocation of the soul, whereas Epicurus argues that one shouldn't worry themselves about death since, once we are gone, death is annihilation which is neither good nor bad. Epicurus believes that death itself is a total lack of perception, wherein there is no pleasure or pain. I agree with Epicurus because Socrates doesn't give a sound argument for death as a blessing, whereas Epicurus' argument is cogent. I would also argue personally that death is not something to be feared because, like Epicurus, I see no sufficient evidence

When people fear death too much, it causes them to go blind to everything around them. It causes them to stop thinking about the wonderful things in life, and it causes them to stop seeing everything there is to see in the short amount of time that we have here on earth. Instead, it places a curtain over their eyes and mind, and it only allows them to think about one thing; the fear of their death.

The way I percieve death is that it is absoulute and no living thing can ever escape it. Nor should we be afraid of death it is simply a

Death is the action or fact of dying or being killed; the end of the life of a person or

Fear of the unknown, and fear of what is to come in our lives, has generations of people wondering what will our lives be like tomorrow or the next day. Death is always there and we cannot escape it. Death is a scary thing. Our own mortality or the mortality of our loved ones scares us to the point that we sometime cannot control how we are dealing with such a thing as the thought of death. Why do we fear such a thing as death? We don’t know what happens after we don’t how it feels. The fear of death is different for most but it is most certain to come and we cannot hide from it. For death is just around the corner and maybe it’s will come tomorrow or the next day! We fear not death but the unknown that comes from death, that is the scariest thing about death.

In our hearts, we know death is a part of life. We don't all want to face it

Death is an inevitable fate for all living beings. It’s an aspect of life that can be hard to deal with, and the ability to overcome the fear of this unavoidable event can be difficult when it comes to knowing the reality of your fate in an

‘There are many opinions in which death is hidden in a western contemporary society and viewed with anxiety and discomfort’ (Bryan, L 2007).We are living in an aging population, therefore death is going to become an even bigger social issue as we get older. Depending on where you are in the world, deaths can have a negative and unwanted experience, especially in the Western society when science dominates people’s beliefs. A bad death would be categorised by someone dying young, or a result of a terminal illness in which people have struggled with their whole lives.

When you think of the word “death” what exactly comes to mind? For most people you may think of pitch black darkness for death is the opposite, the recipical of life just like darkness is the opposite of light it remains a mysterious phenomenon that we all must experience. Just like darkness we don’t know what’s inside it, we have no idea what happens after death therefore we fear it. In fact in Eckhart Tolle’s article “The Origin of Fear” he brings to us a thesis of “but ultimately all fear is the ego's fear of death, of annihilation. To the ego, death is always just around the corner.”(Tolle) This is a very powerful realization that all fear is the fear of death, we fear a spider because it may kill us, we have a fear of heights because we may fall to our death. But fortunately for us, in the novel “Tuesdays With Morrie” we have a dying Socially Professor Morrie Schwartz who is just on the bridge between life and death. He gives us another realization that we shouldn’t fear death for it is not this be all end all concept, that it may be the opposite of life but shouldn’t be considered a villainous ego and that death is needed for it is the great equalizer in nature.

Fear of the unknown can be a fear of the dark or fear of what happens after we die. Children often experience fear of the dark typically because they imagined a danger like a monster that may be in the room but they cannot see inside to assure them that their perceived danger is absent. This fear of the unknown could result in the child hiding under his/her blankets or running to another family member’s room for safety. Similarly, people fear what happens when they die because there is no certainty other than someone’s faith or belief. Even being a person who experienced near death, I could not relieve someone’s fear by explaining that my experience was mind-blowing and amazing. Not only could their experience be different, but I do not know anything about what would have happened next.

Fear is a motivator to live and gives us the fight or flight instinct. Many people have the fear of death. Some can get relief by following a religion that fits their wants/needs while others can stay non religious and still accept death. The fear of death contributes to many other fears we have. The only way death can be overcome is by understanding and accepting that death is a part of the life cycle in which all living things go through no matter of the race, status, power we all will soon succumb to

I’ve never understood the stigma surrounding the concept of death; some may say that is due to my age. That it’s because I’m too young to know what it’s like to suffer, to hurt, to love, and to have lost. I think it’s the opposite, in our society we are exposed to things from such a young age, there’s no cotton wool being shoved into the ears of children to protect them and let them be free and happy. Regardless of if we want to be exposed to different aspects of the “adult world” or not, we are. So, to me, I think that death is a form of peace or moving on to another place to serve a different purpose elsewhere, because we fulfilled our purpose where we are. That doesn’t mean that I haven’t mourned the death of another person, it just means that I have been able to come to terms with the situation and move on a lot faster than anyone would have expected.

Death is something everyone is familiar with and at the same time very much afraid of.