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Main Entry: epiblogue Function: noun Date: 21st century Etymology: Net English epi- + blog, from Middle English epiloge, from Middle French epilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Greek epilogos, from epilegein to say in addition, from epi- + legein to say -- more at LEGEND : an afterthought posted online
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Thursday, March 04, 2004
New York Times :: 50 First Deaths: A Chance to Play (and Pay) Again
Article > Some find it interesting that in creating a virtual world - > one that could be perfect, without the blemish of mortality > - death is an essential ingredient, said Taylor Carman, an > associate professor of philosophy at Barnard College. > > It "makes me suspect that our own mortality is, as some > existential philosophers maintained, such a constitutive > dimension of our self-understanding that even in utopian > fantasies we can't see our way out of the prospect of our > own demise," he said in an e-mail message. The prospect of my own demise -- sometimes it's the only thing that gets me out of bed in the morning. ____________________ 0 Comments:____________________ |
