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I'm gonna have to say that I agree with agrab0ekim in that only our physical bodies are guaranteed death. After all, death is merely the name we give to the time when a person's body stops functioning and pumping blood throughout the body, among other things. If we accomplish anything noteworthy in our lives, be it positive (Ghandi) or negative (Hitler), we will become immortal. Immortality of the flesh is an impossiblity, although some people may wish to argue that. But immortality of the spirit, of the being that was represented by flesh isn't only possible, it's been achieved countless times by countless individuals with an immense variety of personalities, racial backgrounds, social upbringings... no matter who you are born to be, you can become immortal.

Death is merely an idea. An artist puts a part of his soul into his works, and so long as those works live on, so does he. And artists are not merely painters and sculptors, they are philosophers, military leaders, political leaders, men and women of peace, and many other professions. If you impact the world around you, you will not die. To your friends and family, you will always live on with them and even when they die, you might still live on generations later if you played your cards right. Yeah, you won't have a physical body or be able to create new works of art, but your words will speak to generations, your images will spark the ideas of your descendants and the descendants of others, and your actions will effect the world around you forever.

I agree, but I don't find it depressing, just the way it is. So go nuts!

Your works? Unless I am still experiencing life, I consider myself dead.

You like abstract philosophy don't you? I could care less what the living consider. Death is the opposite of life. If my body no longer functions and begins to decay, then I am dead and no longer enjoying life. After that what people percieve isn't going to change anything. Unless you can show me evidance that it does. wink

*Sigh.* I am alive because a) I am responding to your question, b) I react to stimulous, c) I am capable of thought, and d) I have a desire to keep living (suicidal tendancies are considered and anomaly. I hope that's good enough for you, cause if it isn't your view of life is very...unusual.

Haha, well this dream thinks he is as well. Therefore, the moment I stop thinking that, I am dead, and to me, nothing matters after that point.

But they're still dead. Whether you remember them or not they're still dead. I'm not saying their philosophies, achievements, or existnace is forgotten, but no amount of remembering is gunna bring them back or make them live again. That's all I'm saying.