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SunriseI'll always wait upSunrise by ~runfromthelight
for you.
Even if it means
seeing sunrise
from the wrong side.
Mistaken attitudes toward immortalityOn my first reading of ‘Mistaken attitudes toward death’, I found much of Lamont’s perspective on the issue of mortality to be deeply troubling, though the source of my disconcertion was somehow imperceptible. Naturally, as a philosopher, this was not a state I could bear for any length of time! The purpose of this essay, then, is to subject Lamont’s ideas to a little more scrutiny, locate the problematic elements and then to consider whether my own view of death can achieve any clearer articulation in light of these issues.Mistaken attitudes toward immortality by ~runfromthelight
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The first attitude which Lamont criticises is that expressed by Walter Kaufmann in his book
WinterlongWinter is this walk home at 2am -Winterlong by ~runfromthelight
beneath umbrella-skeleton trees,
reaching for the moon in vain.
It is those snowflakes finding their perilous peace
in your eyelashes.
It is the weight of the words which
stick
in my throat,
longing to be
whispered
into your beloved ear,
forgiven.
The day the leopards diedAlarm clock - check!The day the leopards died by *neonxaos
The city humdrum - check!
The noisy guy upstairs - check!
The sound of running water - check!
The angry woman on the phone - check!
The furtive cat legions, stray, spoiled - check!
The wars on TV, clamorous, onerous, futile - check!
The shadowy stalkers returning to their hideouts - check!
The mother, worrying about offspring whereabouts - check!
The birds - a farrago of doves, gulls, sparrows, crows - check!
The dogs - spaniels, Great Danes, retrievers, pomeranians - check!
The plumber, wanting money for that job he never completed - check!
The bugs, the critters, the noises behind the walls, the eyes in your
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