From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!philabs!sdcsvax!sdccsu3!ee163hp Newsgroups: net.philosophy Title: Re: Immortality and fear. Article-I.D.: sdccsu3.303 Posted: Tue Feb 15 03:54:44 1983 Received: Sat Feb 19 13:01:31 1983 References: sdccsu3.302 [Response to "Jack of Shadows" query/discussion of fear of death:] Perhaps one good reason not to fear death is fear itself ... except in crises, fear can be a waste of energy, can distract one from "higher-level" concerns, and so on. Knowledge of one's ultimate doom may spur one on to great glories, but fear needn't be the catalyst. -- Larry West, UCSD