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Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal dur
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"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"

- Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Ludwig Wittgenstein is suggesting that death is not something that can be experienced due to the fact that it is not a part of life. He believes that immortality does not mean living permanently in a temporal sense, however rather residing in today minute without accessory to the past or future. Therefore, those who are really residing in today are the ones who are experiencing immortality.

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Ludwig Wittgenstein This quote is written / told by Ludwig Wittgenstein between April 26, 1889 and April 29, 1951. He was a famous Philosopher from Austria. The author also have 47 other quotes.

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