Death, the only thing we must take for granted
All at some point in our life we have asked ourselves, what is death?, The purpose of this essay is to analyze and reflect the thoughts of some philosophers and their concepts about death and with this having a clearer idea about what death can be and even if we do not overate it with certainty until we have it.
What is death? It is a question that various sharp have tried to solve over time, today tends to be seen as a purely biological fact, as something objective all this due to the scientific of life, health and disease. Trying to analyze this unknown with a more philosophical approach, what is death?, "Death is the only thing we have," says María Aguilar, because the point at which our organs stop working. We are born to die says Maria, how? and when? Unknowns that we have no way to solve, but the simple fact of living brings us a little more to it.
Death looks different from each culture, from each perspective, from each person, some people when they reach adulthood ensure that they are ready to receive it, others fear, others do not need to reach adulthood to accept it, all this due toThe impossibility of responding, what does it mean? Where we go? Questions like these are the ones that disturb everyone not only philosophers, but all since death is something we are destined and as San Agustín said “everything is uncertain;Only death is true ".
It is necessary to address some of the concepts of death, in order to understand this event in a deeper way.
Plato conceived death is that as the true liberation of the soul, since the soul is tied to the body and when one dies, he frees himself from this jail and reincarnate to achieve his liberation and go to the divine world. Also for him, knowing that we are not immortal helps to enjoy this life.
The German philosopher Martin Heidegger also gives a very interesting meaning since since he defines it as something essential in life and that he will give us our long -awaited freedom that man longs for man. But for Jean-Paul Sartre it is the opposite since one is born being nothing and over time we develop the essence and what is our freedom and we do not need to wait until death to obtain it as Heidegger would say.
For Tomás de Aquino, he takes it as something negative, he sees nothing good in it, he sees it as a deprivation also as the separation of the body and soul considers it "the greatest of human misfortunes".
The philosopher Søren Kierkegaard criticizes the images and ideas about death since they dazzle them as a positive image, as if it were a dream, a sweet dream.
In turn, Epicurus in the letter that writes to Meneceo describes death as nothing for us since when we live death there is not and when death comes to us we are no longer. And knowing this allows us to enjoy life because if we would not be foolish and ignorant. As Epicurus said "just as it is not the abundance of food, but its quality that pleases us, it is not the duration of life that pleases us, but that it is pleasant". In this it refers to the fact that the duration does not matter if you die young or old while enjoying life, the duration is what matters least if you meet your goal with that enough.
For Arthur Schopenhauer death is something anthropological. For Him, animals live without the fear of dying and man no, and what is you afraid of. (Schöndorf, 2009)
The novelist Julián Barnes also has a good definition of death since for him it is the disappearance of an identity to which we cling, but that really does not exist. What he says can be interpreted that if you are afraid of death you are afraid of nothing. The novelist keeps the believers resent.
For Frederick Nietzsche we have to understand the concept of life first since he defines it as some leaks, since from the birth and duration of it he is ephemeral and for this he leads him to live every day as if it were the last.
In conclusion, the way of seeing death has changed over time, from the ancient Roman philosophers to the present, but despite this we can find certain similarities between their concepts. Each and every one of them related to a certain measure.
I conceive of death as something sure that it holds us in the future may be tomorrow or already in adulthood, I also agree with the thoughts of the philosophers who say that it is good because if it were not for it we could not enjoy theLife, but I do not agree with those who see it as necessary to achieve freedom and much less with those who say that death is necessary to free our soul since for me our soul is free. Currently these thoughts continue to reflect since as has been said before knowing what does it mean to die? It is the daily bread.
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