Quietus Thoughts
Death has always been an interesting subject. This blog is about both what happens after and, since we all will die eventually, what might be a good way to approach it. And especially about what that can tell us about who we are and how to live a good life. A woman divided into two, representing life and death, oil painting under creative commons licence from The Wellcome Collection I know death is a difficult subject. Emotionally, and philosophically. That's what makes it interesting to me. We are all going to die. We don't know when or how. As I have got older my ideas of what it is and therefore of what life might be have changed a lot as a result of a variety of experiences and my ideas about them. I have been a doctor, a psychiatrist, a Catholic, an Agnostic, a Buddhist and a scientist. I have not studied philosophy formally but it has been the undercurrent of my life. My friends have started developing incurable physical issues and dying. I am lucky enough to have liv