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.