Martin Heidegger, one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century, argued that death is not simply the end of life, it is the defining horizon of our existence. In Being and Time, he introduced the idea of Sein-zum-Tode, being-toward-death, as essential to living authentically. To live authentically, Heidegger claimed, is to confront the inevitability of our mortality, not to flee from it. This confrontation brings urgency to life, clarity to our choices, and meaning to our relation

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