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  • curprev 09:5309:53, 18 February 2023‎ Bacchus talk contribs‎ 1,168 bytes +1,168‎ Created page with "The phrase “'''sub specie aeternitatis'''” has been coined by Spinoza, but the idea can be traced back to Plato, who writes in the Republic that “the contemplation of all time and all being” (''kai theōria pantos men chronou pasēs de ousias'') can help philosophers to lose their fear of death (Plato 1991, p. 165; 486a). Our present understanding of this perspective—which I will henceforth denote as SSA—has been largely shaped by Thomas Nagel’s..."
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