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Apothanein
Adler number: alpha,3311
Translated headword: to die
Vetting Status: high
Translation: "If someone should know the thing itself and by division of the concept resolve its associated ideas, no longer will it be supposed to be anything other than a process of nature. But if anyone fears a process of nature, he is a child. This however is not only a process of nature, but is also beneficial to nature. How does man have contact with god, and with what part of himself?"
Greek Original:Apothanein: ean tis auto monon eidêi kai tôi merismôi tês ennoias dialusêi ta emphantazomena autôi, ouketi allo ti hupolêpsetai auto einai ê phuseôs ergon. phuseôs de ergon ei tis phobeitai, paidion esti. touto mentoi ou monon phuseôs ergon estin, alla kai sumpheron autêi: pôs haptetai theou anthrôpos, kai kata ti heautou meros;
Note:
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 2.12.1 (which begins with the question, omitted here, "what is death?").
Keywords: children; ethics; imagery; philosophy; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 25 February 2001@14:12:59.
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