耶鲁大学哲学公开课《死亡》16 独自死亡 死亡之害（一）

这一节课继续讲述人对死亡的荒谬认知：潜意识中认为自己是不会死的，尽管口头上人人说自己是会死的。大仙将其比喻为一种强迫症现象，如洁癖。有洁癖的人不住洗手，你问他手脏吗，他说不脏，但扭头他就又去洗手了。
这一节课的另外一个主题是：“death alone”，不是孤独之死。dying is something that you're doing alone？不是，it can be a joint activity, a joint undertaking ？也不是。但约定的自杀，或集体自杀，等就被排除在外。当人们说这句话时实质上指出死亡的另外一个本质：自己死，死亡之不可替代，必须自己死自己的，Nobody can die your death for you. Nobody can take your part.
从本质到价值的讨论。
死，不是个好东西。但死，到底对谁是“坏”的？因为自己死了，没有了一切，所以不可能对自己是“坏”的，只可能是对于那些活下来的人们是“坏”的。因为You will no longer be able to talk to them, share the moments, get their insights and advice。
一首诗歌：
by the German poet, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock.
Separation.
You turned so serious when the corpse
was carried past us;
are you afraid of death? "Oh, not of that!"
Of what are you afraid? "Of dying."

I not even of that. "Then you're afraid of nothing?"
Alas, I am afraid, afraid…"Heavens, of what?"
Of parting from my friends.
And not mine only, of their parting, too.

That's why I turned more serious even
than you did, deeper in the soul,
when the corpse
was carried past us这一节课继续讲述人对死亡的荒谬认知：潜意识中认为自己是不会死的，尽管口头上人人说自己是会死的。大仙将其比喻为一种强迫症现象，如洁癖。有洁癖的人不住洗手，你问他手脏吗，他说不脏，但扭头他就又去洗手了。
这一节课的另外一个主题是：“death alone”，不是孤独之死。dying is something that you're doing alone？不是，it can be a joint activity, a joint undertaking ？也不是。但约定的自杀，或集体自杀，等就被排除在外。当人们说这句话时实质上指出死亡的另外一个本质：自己死，死亡之不可替代，必须自己死自己的，Nobody can die your death for you. Nobody can take your part.
从本质到价值的讨论。
死，不是个好东西。但死，到底对谁是“坏”的？因为自己死了，没有了一切，所以不可能对自己是“坏”的，只可能是对于那些活下来的人们是“坏”的。因为You will no longer be able to talk to them, share the moments, get their insights and advice。
一首诗歌：
by the German poet, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock.
Separation.
You turned so serious when the corpse
was carried past us;
are you afraid of death? "Oh, not of that!"
Of what are you afraid? "Of dying."

I not even of that. "Then you're afraid of nothing?"
Alas, I am afraid, afraid…"Heavens, of what?"
Of parting from my friends.
And not mine only, of their parting, too.

That's why I turned more serious even
than you did, deeper in the soul,
when the corpse
was carried past us