Death is inescapable. According to a study performed by Laura E. R. Blackie and Philip J. Cozzolino, thinking about death in a specific way can affect how you act. They found that people who thought about their mortality and their limited lives tended to motivate themselves to embrace goals that are important to them. During Blackie’s and Cozzolino’s study, they also found that people who thought about death in the general sense tended to fear it more. In the Gilgamesh Epic, Gilgamesh learned that no mortal can evade death and that he should make the best out of his limited life.
