The philosopy of death in detail

I made a thread similar to this sometime before the boards crashed but I figure since there are new members and all, I figure I'll give this a shot once more to see what people think about the topic.


So we all know that death is an inevitable thing for all things living and breathing on this place we call a planet but everyone has their own ideas about what death is, what death means, and possibly some things that psycologically prevent or cause ones immediate death to come sooner in ones life.


Give your thoughts on this. What do you think of death in terminalogy? What's your thoughts on how people die (suicide, natural, disease, homocide/murder)? How do you think that one could prolong their existance, if at all? Do you believe that everyone is fated at an exact day, time, second that they will die or do you think it could happen at any time? And have you had your own brushes with death before?



My thoughts on death are a tad different from most people I know. I do know that the mentallity of one person can effect their overall health ten fold. I feel that death can be a willed thing, and depending on the mentality of the person and how badly they want to stick around, or leave this world... it could happen.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Eleo

Because of this the human mind cannot accept death; we always look at death as the end of a long period and the beginning of a new one; simply because we only know being conscious.

I'd like to add to this if that's alright. I like this point. Yeah the conscious thoughts of a human can't exactly interpret wanting an "end" which most people believe that death is. So the mind automatically concieves something past that so they can feel easy about it, and that's perfectly fine to think of.


I must say though, everyone's opinions about their philosophies on death are interesting. It just shows how unique things are with so many thoughts and opinions about things that are questioned daily.

How ya doing, buddy?