8 impending death

Cards (13)

  • Death - commonly understood as the end of bodily functions which signals the end of a person's life. Also refers to the separation of the body and the spirit.
  • Essence of freedom is self-determination.
  • Self-determination - the capacity to choose and act for oneself.
  • Terminus - full stop or end of a line.
  • telos (consider end) which means "goal, purpose, or fulfillment".
  • Noble good - pursued for its own sake; good in itself. Love and friendships for example.
  • Useful good - considered good so long as it serves as a means to an end; its goodness is found only from what it can provide. Example: money is good as it cab buy you something.
  • Pleasurable good - good so long it provides some form of pleasure, though it does not have to be physical.
  • Suffering - when we patiently endure unpleasantnes, discomfort, and pain. It can com in the form of physical suffering.
  • Physical suffering - experience physical sensations such as discomfort, hunger, distress and pain.
  • Mental suffering - involves emotional and mental states such as depressions, anxiety, fear, loneliness and grief.
  • Generally, suffering viewed as an undesirable condition, and that we naturally seek pleasure and avoid pain.
  • Happiness - a state of being, not just an emotional experience or a chosen mental attitude.