"Our death is, in truth, more the business of the survivors than ours; because whether we can quote it or not, from a psychological point of view, the wise man's words are completely valid: as long as we are there, there is no death, and when death is there, we are no longer there, so there is no real connection between us and death at all, nothing to do with us at most, the world and nature have something to do with it - which is why every living being looks at it very calmly, single-mindedly, irresponsibly and with unsuspecting selfishness.
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Our death is, in truth, more the business of the survivors than ours; because whether we can quote it or not, from a psychological point of view, the wise man's words are completely valid: as long as we are there, there is no death, and when death is there, we are no longer there, so there is no real connection between us and death at all, nothing to do with us at most, the world and nature have something to do with it - which is why every living being looks at it very calmly, single-mindedly, irresponsibly and with unsuspecting selfishness.
""Meghalásunk igazság szerint inkább a túlélők dolga, semmint a magunké; mert akár tudjuk idézni, akár nem, lélektani szempontból teljességgel érvényes a tréfás bölcs szava, hogy amíg mi vagyunk, nincs halál, és ha a halál van, mi már nem vagyunk, hogy tehát köztünk és a halál között egyáltalában nincs reális kapcsolat, semmi közünk hozzá, legfeljebb a világnak meg a természetnek van hozzá köze - amiért is minden élőlény roppant nyugodtan, egykedvűen, felelőtlenül és gyanútlan önzéssel tekint elébe."