Indeed. As John Donne wrote (if memory serves), “From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow, and soonest our best men with thee do go, rest of their bones and soul’s delivery.”
I would also agree that contemplation of one’s own death is in some ways easier than the death of our loved …
Indeed. As John Donne wrote (if memory serves), “From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow, and soonest our best men with thee do go, rest of their bones and soul’s delivery.”
I would also agree that contemplation of one’s own death is in some ways easier than the death of our loved ones. Memento mori is a call for attentiveness and the pursuit of wisdom. Memento mortem seems to require impossible levels of either non-attachment or hope.
Indeed. As John Donne wrote (if memory serves), “From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow, and soonest our best men with thee do go, rest of their bones and soul’s delivery.”
I would also agree that contemplation of one’s own death is in some ways easier than the death of our loved ones. Memento mori is a call for attentiveness and the pursuit of wisdom. Memento mortem seems to require impossible levels of either non-attachment or hope.