Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 13:59:39 -0500 (EST)
From: Howard Hastings <hhasting-AT-osf1.gmu.edu>
Subject: Re: PLC: Re: "The End of Life"


On Sun, 2 Nov 1997, Reg Lilly wrote:

> Well, Andreas, perhaps Paul isn't the clueless one here.  Philosophers from Plato to Montaigne, to Hegel, to Heidegger. Sartre, Derrida 
have all found death to be an excellent matter for reflection.
> >
> >What makes it "excellent"? That it is inspiring? That it is humane?
> >We're talking clueless again. There's nothing inspiring in death.


i don't think Andreas means death isn't worth reflecting on, only that
it is not itself a wonderful thing.  I don't like it much myself, though
the limit it places on my life factors into my most important decisions as
to how to live that life.

hh



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