Quotation by
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present.
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Understanding this quote AI Analysis
Wittgenstein is saying that death is not something we actually go through while living, because when we die, we are no longer alive to experience it. He also suggests that true eternal life is found not in endless time, but in fully living in the present moment, which is outside of time as we normally understand it.
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