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fromPhilosophynow
2 days ago

What do I have to fear, have I ever diminished by dying?

What do I have to fear, have I ever diminished by dying? I died as lifeless matter and became growing vegetation, then I died as a plant and reached animality. I died as an animal and became human.
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Writing
fromwww.nytimes.com
1 week ago

What Happens When We Die? This Wallace Stevens Poem Has Thoughts.

The poem explores the concept of a bird as a symbol of thought and perception beyond human understanding.
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philosophy
fromBig Think
3 months ago

Ask Ethan: Why does something exist instead of nothing?

Science cannot provide a satisfactory answer to why there is something rather than nothing, because "why" questions lie outside testable scientific inquiry.
fromBig Think
8 months ago

Ask Ethan: Did our Universe really arise from nothing?

The more curious we get about the great cosmic unknowns, the more unanswered questions our investigations of the Universe will reveal. Inquiring about the nature of anything - where it is, where it came from, and how it came to be - will inevitably lead you to the same great mysteries: about the ultimate nature and origin of the Universe and everything in it.
Science
fromApaonline
9 months ago

What is the inner life of an atom?

Panpsychism, while an intriguing view that suggests mind is fundamental to existence, ultimately leads to inconsistencies that challenge its validity in our understanding of reality.
philosophy
fromFuncheap
11 months ago

An Evening With Yo La Tengo at The Chapel (May 9-13)

"I see clearly how it ends / I see the moon rise as the sun descends," they sing during opener "Sinatra Drive Breakdown."
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