flashcards

• ✓I cannot escape death, but at least I can escape the fear of it.”

  Epictetus
• the extinction and cessation of life

  death
• a final event, an absolute state of being dead, and part of a dying process.

  death
• Certainty of an early death due to illness or fatal disability

  impending death
• • Separation between the body and the soul. The body ends, the soul continues

  physical death
• Occurs when the dying person begins to accept death and to withdraw from others and regress into the self

  psychological death
• Separation of soul and God

  spiritual death
• Now it is time that we are going, I to die and you to live; but no one knows who among us could have happier state except God

  socrates
• This is my rest forever and ever: here will I dwell, for I have chosen it.

  st thomas aquinas
• goals, purpose and fulfillment

  telos
• full stop/end of the line

  terminus
• -The capacity to choose and act for oneself

  self-determination
• We always have the freedom to live or not, and challenges rise up to make us have the decision to give up or not. Death is not a goal, though the challenge is to have a meaningful life.

  self determination
• Is a state of being, not just an emotional or chosen mental attitude

  happiness
• one is pursued for its own sake

  noble good
• considered good as long as it serves as a mean to end.

  useful good
• good as long as it provides some form of pleasure, though iy does not have to be physical.

  pleasureable good
• takes place when we patiently endure unpleasantness, discomfort, and pain.

  suffering
• physical sensations of suffering

  physical
• involves emotional /mental slates of suffering

  mental