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> # Death is a state of non-being. That which is not, does not exist. Therefore death does not exist. Only truth exists. Truth and beauty. Each is interchangeable, but are aspects of themselves. Er, what specifically did they say they had in mind for me?

[Woody Allen](https://quotesby.net/Woody-Allen)\#73

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## About this quote

What does it mean?The speaker argues death does not exist logically but ends with a confusion about his own fate.In plain termsDeath is non-existence so it does not exist but wait what is happening to me?What can you take from it?Logic fails when facing personal mortality.

### Where it applies

- existential debates
- end of life
- philosophy

### Putting it to work

- writing
- debate
- teaching

### Questions to consider

- Can logic explain death?
- What happens when reasoning meets mortality?

### Another view

It prioritizes abstract logic over lived experience.

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