DEATH PAIN SUFFERING AND GRIEF DEATH DEFINING DEATH
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DEATH, PAIN, SUFFERING, AND GRIEF DEATH
DEFINING DEATH / DESCRIBING DEATH Definition(s) • the end of life: the time when someone or something dies • the permanent end of something that is not alive: the ruin or destruction of something • cessation of all vital functions of the body including the heartbeat, brain activity (including the brain stem), and breathing Description(s) • expected after diagnosis of terminal illness • unexpected accident or medical condition • deliberate/planned suicide Origin • Old English dēath, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dood and German Tod, also to die
QUOTES ON DEATH “No one wants to die…and yet death is the destination we all share. ” – Steve Jobs “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. ” – Mark Twain “The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? ” – Edgar Allan Poe “Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. ” –William Shakespeare “I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life. ” – Corazon Aquino
…MORE QUOTES ON DEATH “The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living. ” – Marcus Tullius Cicero “If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live. ” – Martin Luther King, Jr. “While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. ” – Leonardo da Vinci “ Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more. ” – Virginia Woolf “The death of a beloved is an amputation. ” – C. S. Lewis
QUESTIONS When did you learn you were going to die? How were you taught to handle/or respond to death? If we know death is inevitable, how are we preparing? Are we preparing? How has our culture influenced our views on death? Have we built a culture pushing people to “deal with” death alone in a self-help manner, or are we living communally? Are we attracted to death? To violence? To murderers? Do we want to read more, see more, and understand motives? If so, why?
