Scratch the surface of any belief system and you’ll find a longing for eternity. Break the bonds of your body and merge with the One. This is the body and blood. Nirvana. Etc. Even for the atheistic romantic, artistic genius will ensure a kind of secondary survival through the memory of others; in the Homeric epics, similarly, your glorious deeds will b…
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