How to not fear your death: An Epicurean perspective

Re:How to not fear your death: An Epicurean perspective by OneGuy123 on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @04:41PM (#24287031)

99.9999% of people in this thread who say "I fear death" are lying: they are afraid only in the intellectual sense.

How many of those do actually experience the fear of death so deep in their bones that they actually live life to their fullest?

(I'm not claiming I'm one of those).

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Re:How to not fear your death: An Epicurean perspective by croissants on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @05:26PM (#24287472)

Why is failure to "actually live life to their fullest" evidence that such people don't fear death?

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Re:How to not fear your death: An Epicurean perspective by kgwgk on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @06:10PM (#24287881)

What does that even mean? Death is the great equalizer anyway.

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Re:How to not fear your death: An Epicurean perspective by _jjkk on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @04:47PM (#24287098)

This doesn't account for those who fear death very deeply but have no coping mechanism but complete avoidance

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Re:How to not fear your death: An Epicurean perspective by guerrilla on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @05:31PM (#24287522)

or those who abhor life but fear death more.

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Re:How to not fear your death: An Epicurean perspective by benji_is_me on Thursday August 27, 2020 @07:45PM (#24299965)

I absolutely fear death — both intellectually and as an animalistic response to the idea (I've had periods of uncontrollable panic attacks from just contemplating my mortality).

I don't think actually "living life to their fullest" necessarily follows fearing death.

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Re:How to not fear your death: An Epicurean perspective by mateus1 on Monday August 31, 2020 @04:08PM (#24335415)

I experience the same thing. It's bad. Mine is more related to not knowing where the universe came from and why we exist.

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