A question: “Is ‘to be’ the same as ‘to be alive'?”
An answer: “In death what is called a ‘man’ simply ceases to exist: ‘man’ in the full and unadulterated sense of the word exists only as a living being.” Yet, “We must not relinquish the truth that the spiritual soul is indestructible.” Joseph Pieper (1).
A question: “Is, then, being a ‘man’ just a phase of one's being?”
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