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On Line Segments, Death, and Tick Ticking

Sartre is an existentialist philosopher. Meaning that he believed that our lives are comprised solely of the choices that we make. Although external factors have the ability to influence our actions, we are ultimately responsible for the decisions that we make. He argues that life is a “line segment.” We are all afraid of the end, because this is when we will cease to exist, and we will have no hopes or worries for the future (which is such a unique human ability). Although death is a well-known fact that lingers in our minds, it is not felt until we experience the “cliff of death”- the death of a loved one, or if we see someone die... this is when we peer down the cliff of nothingness. This is the moment when we realize that death is a fact of life, that we are just fragmented line segments in a big sea of nothingness. Even though we are fully aware that we can die tomorrow or next week, we still do boring mundane things like study for tests and go grocery shopping. Wh...