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A person can also fail by being unable to live a full life. He is unable to be fully present in this world. He may be unable to experience the passage of time as an existential reality, as an "eternal now." Then, when the demon of impermanence threatens him, he tries to fill the moment with as many ephemeral things as possible; he imagines that his life continues even after the end of time, and that his life is endless, without being eternal.

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A person can also fail by being unable to live a full life. He is unable to be fully present in this world. He may be unable to experience the passage of time as an existential reality, as an "eternal now." Then, when the demon of impermanence threatens him, he tries to fill the moment with as many ephemeral things as possible; he imagines that his life continues even after the end of time, and that his life is endless, without being eternal.

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Hungarian

"Az ember azáltal is kudarcot vallhat, hogy képtelen a teljes életre. Képtelen arra, hogy teljes mértékben jelen legyen ebben a világban. Képtelen lehet arra, hogy az idő folyását egzisztenciális valóságként élje meg, mint egy "örök most"-ot. Aztán, amikor a mulandóság démonja fenyegeti, megpróbálja minél több mulandó dologgal feltölteni a pillanatot; elképzeli, hogy élete tovább folytatódik az idő végezete után is, s hogy élete vég nélküli, anélkül, hogy örrökévaló volna."

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