Marcus Wilfred
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Reposted by Marcus Wilfred
‘The death of someone loved focuses all one’s attention on the person one has lost – on the past. The progress of one’s life comes to a stop. This is an appropriate reaction to the brutality of death.’
Thomas Nagel on how we live within temporality.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Thomas Nagel on how we live within temporality.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Thomas Nagel · Now and Then: Living in Time
Our lives don’t just play out over time: we lead them over the course of that time, shaping them as an extended whole...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 5:40 PM
‘The death of someone loved focuses all one’s attention on the person one has lost – on the past. The progress of one’s life comes to a stop. This is an appropriate reaction to the brutality of death.’
Thomas Nagel on how we live within temporality.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Thomas Nagel on how we live within temporality.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Self Love is the Highest Form of Love ❤️
February 7, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Self Love is the Highest Form of Love ❤️