We must forget on a daily basis that we are going to die in order to function; if we truly kept the thought of death in mind constantly we could not keep going, despite philosophical value in remembering death.

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Alain de Botton

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we have to forget on a daily basis that we're going to die... if you really had to keep that thought of death in mind... we couldn't keep going

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Alain de Botton on A THERAPEUTIC JOURNEYThe School of Life
Created: 8/12/2026, 10:13:11 PM

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