{"id":8099,"date":"2014-03-02T05:18:38","date_gmt":"2014-03-02T05:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/03\/02\/a-reason-to-take-care-of-oneself\/"},"modified":"2014-03-02T05:18:38","modified_gmt":"2014-03-02T05:18:38","slug":"a-reason-to-take-care-of-oneself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/03\/02\/a-reason-to-take-care-of-oneself\/","title":{"rendered":"A Reason to Take Care of Oneself"},"content":{"rendered":"

It may be that moral and intellectual progress is possible only here.  After death it may be too late, either because one no longer exists, or because one continues to exist but in a state that does not permit further progress.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is foolish to think that believers in post-mortem survival could have no reason to value their physical health and seek longevity.  Even a Platonist who believes that he is<\/em> his soul and not a composite of soul and body has reason to prolong the discipline of the Cave.  For it may be that the best progress or the only progress is possible only in the midst of its speluncar<\/a> chiaroscuro<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Philosophia longa, vita brevis<\/em>.  It is precisely because philosophy is long that one ought to extend one's earthly tenure for as long as one can make progress intellectually and morally.  And this, whether or not one has the hope that Vita mutatur non tollitur<\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n

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