Comments on: A Reflection on the Certainty of Death https://thehappyphilosopher.com/a-reflection-on-the-certainty-of-death/ A Guide to Freedom and Happiness Wed, 25 Oct 2017 04:25:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: How Understanding the Marginal Utility of Money Will Make you Happier | The Happy Philosopher https://thehappyphilosopher.com/a-reflection-on-the-certainty-of-death/#comment-1386 Thu, 27 Oct 2016 03:09:20 +0000 http://thehappyphilosopher.com/?p=1148#comment-1386 […] more valuable because we have less of it remaining. Each day we march closer towards our inevitable death. Time becomes scarcer, although without knowing the exact time of our death we don’t know with […]

]]> By: Matt @ The Resume Gap https://thehappyphilosopher.com/a-reflection-on-the-certainty-of-death/#comment-1199 Sat, 08 Oct 2016 20:07:44 +0000 http://thehappyphilosopher.com/?p=1148#comment-1199 Great post, as usual. I think about this topic a lot. It could be worrying and depressing (and occasionally, it is), but most of the time, I find it empowering. It’s good to be reminded that this is the life we get, and the clock is ticking. “Knowing that I’m destined to die within just a handful of decades, am I living the way I want to be today?”

]]> By: TheHappyPhilosopher https://thehappyphilosopher.com/a-reflection-on-the-certainty-of-death/#comment-1184 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 17:26:59 +0000 http://thehappyphilosopher.com/?p=1148#comment-1184 In reply to Keith Schroeder.

You are correct Keith, much of my life philosophy is deeply rooted in Stoicism and it comes through in the writing. I find the ancient stuff a little hard to read at times, but I really love the modern book Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William Irvine. I have some more hardcore stoic stuff coming so stay tuned!

]]> By: Ricardo https://thehappyphilosopher.com/a-reflection-on-the-certainty-of-death/#comment-1181 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 12:38:26 +0000 http://thehappyphilosopher.com/?p=1148#comment-1181 You are missing the third alternative: It’s found in the greatest letter ever written, Paul’s letter to the
Romans. It is sublime. And when you realize that he dictated it, and used common Greek (so people like us would have a chance to understand) instead of Classical Greek, it’s even more profound. You are in that letter. The summit of the of the letter is Chapter 8. There is nothing like it. It takes about 2minutes to read a chapter. So to get to the summit it will cost about 16 minutes. You owe it to yourself to spend 16 minutes to see the third alternative.

]]> By: Keith Schroeder https://thehappyphilosopher.com/a-reflection-on-the-certainty-of-death/#comment-1180 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 11:40:54 +0000 http://thehappyphilosopher.com/?p=1148#comment-1180 Underneath the veneer, HP, you are a Stoic. I recommend you read Marcus Aurelius and Seneca; you will love their work. The things you discuss has all been addressed by the Stoics over two thousand years ago. Hearing your thoughts on the ancient Stoic philosophers as it applies to our modern world would be a treat. Your nature intuition and insights are amazing!

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