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an eternal life is living in the result is freedom from the
present. fear of death (Ibid: 164).
Regarding what is referred Wittgenstein believes that
to as living in the present in the fear of death is the best
his views, it can be found in a indication of an incorrect, bad,
section of his Tractatus where and unhappy life (Ibid: 165)
he states: Consequences such as anxiety,
Can man live not in time depression, aimlessness, fear of
but in eternity? If we death and annihilation, which
understand eternity as are referred to as the crisis of
timelessness, not an unlimited meaninglessness in today's
temporal duration, then eternal modern world, all revolve
life belongs to those who around not living in the
live in the present. present.
(Wittgenstein, 2001: 4311-4316) Thus, a person facing anxiety
is preoccupied with the future,
Wittgenstein, in the while a depressed individual
introduction to the “Tractatus”, is caught up in the past.
indicates that his goal is to see To be happy and content,
the world correctly. According one must align with the world,
to him, the way people look at which means disregarding the
things determines how they future and living in the
live. present, which is eternal and
He states that a person who everlasting.
lives without fear and hope
lives life. Understanding life C. The New Concept of Death
in the present is one of the According to Wittgenstein,
most essential matters, and its for someone who lives in the
present moment and embraces
