the brut first knows death when it dies, but man draws consciously nea…

Arthur Schopenhauer
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the brut first knows death when it dies, but man draws consciously nearer to it every hour that he lives; and this makes his life at times a questionable good even to him who has not recognised this character of constant anaihilation in the whole of life. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). The World as Will and Idea 1: Top of Schopenhauer, p.45, 谷月社
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