Regretting having to die should be structurally identical t… - Julio Cabrera

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Regretting having to die should be structurally identical to regretting being born, because it is not in our power being born in a non-mortal way.

Julio Cabrera

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Julio Cabrera is an Argentine philosopher living in Brazil. He is best known for his works on "negative ethics" and cinema and philosophy.

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Alternative Names: Julio Cabrera (philosopher)

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Philosophers have always spoken of life as a "preparation for death", and of philosophy as a "learning to die". But there is a wisdom prior to that: learning to abstain; not putting anyone in the situation of having to learn to die.

Cine: 100 años de Filosofía. Gedisa, Barcelona, 2015 (2nd edition), p. 43 <small></small>

Regretting having to die should be structurally identical to regretting being born, because it is not in our power being born in a non-mortal way. - Julio Cabrera

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