Afterlife

The Egyptians thought about death from the time they were born. Comparable to many cultures they wanted to ensure that once they ended their time on the physical world, live better in the afterlife. One of the ways the Egyptians tried to ensure life after death and protecting their souls is by placing images in their tombs. Placing images in a tomb was done by both commoners and royalty. In the tomb of Sheshe Nefer we can interpret that this art expressing is a harvest scene. In the artwork,…

Plato’s Phaedo is set in the city of Philius where a follower of Socrates, named Phaedo, meets Echecrates, a thinker. Echecrates was very interested in Socrates’s final hours before he died and Phaedo was the best person to tell the story since he was present on Socrates’s last day. In Phaedo, there are two separate degrees of narration: Phaedo is telling Echecrates the story of Socrates and Socrates’s final philosophical discussion prior to his death. The reason for Socrates’s death was that…

Death is when one 's life ends, and dying is the process by which one dies. Intellectually one knows that the day will come when they will die. Most of the time they are too reluctant to think on their own death the the knowledge of their death does not touch their hearts. Death is when one 's body cesses to connect with the mind. In the text boon, Theology of Death, Douglas Davies states, in a scientific perspective, death is a natural process in life, but with theological judgement death is…

Anselm Keifer's painting "Aschenblume" was influenced by the Paul Celan poem "I am alone." The majority of Paul Celan's work is about death, World War II, and the Holocaust. You can utilize the poem in order to assist in the interpretation of the Keifer's artwork. "I am alone, I put the ash flower
in the glass of ripened black, sister mouth,
the word you speak lives on before the windows
and silent climbs me, just as I had dreamt. I stand in the full bloom of the faded hour
and save a resin for…

passion he puts forth in issues of such particular nature. He is aware of his following within the community and understands that his teaching has a crucial influence on those who listen to him. In regards to life after death, Paul is certain that an afterlife exists for believers of Jesus Christ. Paul argues in (1 Corr 15:12) that “if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?” In support of this argument, Paul…

Nobody likes the idea that we are going to die. It’s one of those things that pops into your head whenever you get comfortable, possibly as a subconscious motivational tool. The ratios one hundred percent to zero. Everybody dies. And so, the question is, is that it? What happens to you after you die? Human beings are the only animals on earth who understand they will one day die. I do believe there is life after death due to believing in Christianity, Resurrection, Reincarnation and then…

Death is the fate of us all, and we do not know when it will come upon us. Furthermore, we all have the same allotment in the hereafter, where there is no memory, no thought, no wisdom, and no knowledge. It is a great deal like the Greek afterlife. In fact, the line about it is better to be a living dog than a dead lion also reminds me of Achilles in the Odyssey, where he tells Odysseus he would rather be the lowest of peasants on earth than the greatest among the dead in the underworld. Much…

Death is inevitable. We all die. But our lives beyond the point of death always attract our curiosity. The afterlife is the existence of continuation of consciousness or identity after the death of the body. Yet, till this day, life after death still remains a mystery and is only known through stories from religious mythology and fairy tales. Is there life after death? This is the question that science and religions have been debating over. Neuroscience, scientific theories and religious…

English speakers at some point of their life, signify one of the greatest puzzles we face in life: dealing with our own mortality. Many religions and philosophies offer a perspective on death. Some promise an afterlife, and some philosophies conclude that life means little. Even with an afterlife, some question what effect they leave on the world from the events in their life. The play Hamlet by William Shakespeare demonstrates that death makes all life equal through the fruitlessness of…

this concept stretches back. Looking at the general concept we still view ghosts and the supernatural world the same as many before us have. The recurring theme is unfinished business for the spirit left on earth prohibiting them to move on to the afterlife. The Vane Sisters by Nabokov really reinforces that ghosts come back because of unfinished business. Cynthia who is already dead is basically coming back to fight for her sister, Sybil’s relationship to be over with D. who is a teacher at the…