DEATH PUNK 93 (Fear) Who has more to fear? Do you kill the spider or kill the fear? It may be natural to fear the unknown which in part leads to the fear of death but many are scared to really live and instead exist as one already dead. Don’t be afraid to live. KILL YOUR FEARS. After all, ‘Life is a fatal adventure. It can only have one end. So why not make it as far-ranging and free as possible.’ [1] And to fear death: “For this fear of death is indeed the pretence of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being the appearance of knowing the unknown; since no one knows whether death, which they in their fear apprehend to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.” [2] Perhaps - ‘There is nothing to fear but fear itself’ [3] ***** [1] Thorton Wilder and/or Alexander Eliot I am unsure on the source of this quote. It may even be Alexander Eliot quoting Thorton Wilder or vice versa. The most detailed reference was: “Life is a fatal adventure. It can have only one end. So why not make it as far-ranging and free as possible?” — Alexander Eliot, New York Post, Nov. 28, 1962. https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/gazette-editorial-remembrance/article_afcf0adf-c7a5-565f-8b6c-12ddb6f15a3e.html https://www.thorntonwilder.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornton_Wilder https://alexandereliot.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Eliot [2] Apology, Plato http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/apology.html [3] Franklin D. Roosevelt, March 04, 1933, Presidential Inauguration. Origins also from: Michel de Montaigne (16th century) “the thing of which I have most fear is fear’. Francis Bacon, De Augmentis Scientiarum: ‘Nil terribile nisi ipse timor’, or ‘Nothing is terrible except fear itself.’ Henry David Thoreau, journal entry for 7 September 1851: ‘Nothing is so much to be feared as fear.’ ***** Unlockable Content: PNG File also available for 7 days after purchase or later by request.
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