Immortal life

While reading Walt Whitman’s compilation of poetry found in the comprehensive collection Leaves of Grass, it is nearly impossible to ignore the multitude of connections made to Buddhist teachings. His poetry mimics the main principles of Buddhism to the point that some authors have gone as far as to call him the American Buddha. In particular, Whitman subtly makes a connection between two of the most essential dualistic principles in Buddhism, not one not two, and death without dying. In fact, rather

he must balance his desire to live an authentically conscious life, yet battle the morality of his inner voice. His questioning of a world so cruel and corrupt leads him to act impulsively, especially in the last act, but in his dying words he ultimately rejects the ideas presented in existentialism and asks for his legacy to be remembered. Hamlet changes from continually craving meaning in a damned world and spending much of his life contemplating and thinking about death, to realizing in

hometown with the plan to donate a million dollars in exchange for the life of the man who wronged and jilted her in her youth, Alfred Ill. While the impoverished town at first refuses her offer, they ultimately give into their need for money and murder Ill. Throughout the play, the author uses the multiple characterizations of Claire to construct an allusion to the three fates from Greek mythology. The Greek fates are immortal women in charge of controlling the lives and deaths of mortals. By contrasting

The Walking Dead is a popular show about zombies and survival. For centuries, many believed the dead could not come back to life; however, over the past few decades, scientists have discovered a mental illness that is known as the Walking Corpse Syndrome. The Walking Corpse Syndrome, or Cotard’s Delusion, or Cotard’s Syndrome, is a rare mental disorder that causes their patient to think and act as if they are dead. Today, scientists still have trouble understanding this strange phenomenon. The

loop hole, such as being able to determine what age you would forever relive, for an example, choosing to live life as a 20 year old for the rest of ones life. Living as a 20 year old forever does appear to have its perks if you really think about it because example one, you are young forever and example 2, you are in your prime, but from a psychological standpoint, at one point in life a person would realize Onye-ugo2 that maybe choosing to reincarnate, or live forever and ever as a 20 year old

On The Nature of Death (EXPORT ME TO WORD!) Death is the natural, fearsome, inevitable and unexpected force that cuts the lifeline of each and every being. The fear of death comes from not being able to explain the aftermath of its takeover, and often leads to complete obsession and terrorizing thoughts over the inexplicable. The fear of death and how it can overtake one’s will to live is clearly depicted in The Epic of Gilgamesh, yet is proven to be a beautiful and unavoidable occurrence in Plato’s

poet famous for his romantic, and often ironic, portrayals of the world and us, its inhabitants. His struggle to reconcile the reality of human life with the model world he writes of, and so desperately yearns for, resonates through his poetry and lends a profound depth to his work. Yeats' enchantment at the beauty of earth, the marvels of nature and life, the power of art and that of academics, lies in striking contrast with the bitter despondency he feels at aspects of the reality he finds himself

Out of Chaos, came Earth and Sky, and the very first gods. In this story, life came from nothingness-a void. From the Void there then came Darkness and Night. From Night came the Light and then Day. Earth, named Gaia, brought about Sky, known as Uranus, and then after lying with Sky, she birthed Ocean, along with the giants and Cyclopes, and immortals. Hesiod's story is similar to the Bible in that it describes children falling from grace and having to deal with

teach a variety of subjects. According to Plato, the soul was immortal. In Phaedo, Plato expresses his thoughts on the soul through dialogues between three characters: Socrates and two Pythagorean Philosophers, Simmers and Cebes. This dialogue was narrated through Phaedo’s account of the death of Socrates. In Phaedo’s report, he first expresses that Socrates believed that a philosopher should look forward to death, as the whole purpose of life was to set the soul free from the body. He explains that “other

who will convene the gods on your behalf, that you may find the life that you are seeking? Wait! You must not lie down for six days and seven nights.’ As soon as he sat down (with his head) between his leg sleep, like a fog, blew upon him. Utanapishtim said to his wife: ‘ Look here! The man, the youth who wanted (eternal) life! Sleep, like a fog blew over him’” (104). This passage is shows how human life is not made to be immortal. In addition Gilgamesh’s journey to find immortality demonstrates