Sickness and misfortune are ontologically explained as losses of vital force
Evidence
They understood that the meaning of life is connected, inextricably, to the meaning of death; that mourning is a romance in reverse, and if you love, you grieve and there are no exceptions—only those who do it well and those who don’t. — Lynch, Thomas, The undertaking-life studies from the…, 128 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: In Vitalogy, being reduces first to living, and being itself reduces first to reason.; Understanding death is essential to understanding life. — Lynch, Thomas, The undertaking-life studies from the…, 128
Related
- In Vitalogy, being reduces first to living, and being itself reduces first to reason. (similarity 0.80)
- Understanding death is essential to understanding life. (similarity 0.80)
- In African Vitalogy life and death are different modes of living (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- In Vitalogy, being reduces first to living, and being itself reduces first to reason.
#contradicts(0.35) - Understanding death is essential to understanding life.
#expands(0.25) — Lynch, Thomas, The undertaking-life studies from the…, 128