6.4311Der Tod ist kein Ereignis des Lebens. Den Tod erlebt man nicht. Wenn man unter Ewigkeit nicht unendliche Zeitdauer, sondern Unzeitlichkeit versteht, dann lebt der ewig, der in der Gegenwart lebt. Unser Leben ist ebenso endlos, wie unser Gesichtsfeld grenzenlos ist.6.4311 Death is not an event of life. Death is not lived through. If by eternity is understood not endless temporal duration but timelessness, then he lives eternally who lives in the present. Our life is endless in the way that our visual field is without limit. . Ludwig Wittgenstein
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The quote above is considered to be part of the wisdom of the East. It is believed to have been said by Indian philosopher Nagarjuna. It speaks to the difference between death, or the end of one’s life, and dying, or the end of one’s body. Death is not an event that takes place in life, because it comes after life has ended. If one understands this difference, then one can live eternally.

Source: Tractatus Logicophilosophicus

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