Quote by Marquis de Sade
If Nature denies eternity to beings, it follows that their destruction is one of her laws. Now, once we observe that destruction is so useful to her that she absolutely cannot dispense with it from this moment onward the idea of annihilation which we attach to death ceases to be real what we call the end of the living animal is no longer a true finish, but a simple transformation, a transmutation of matter. According to these irrefutable principles, death is hence no more than a change of form, an imperceptible passage from one existence into another.
Summary
This quote suggests that if nature does not allow for beings to exist eternally, then their destruction or death must be a natural law. It argues that nature finds destruction to be necessary and that annihilation, the idea of complete cessation, becomes unreal in the face of this realization. Instead, death is portrayed as a mere transformation or change of form, where the living being transitions into a different existence. The quote highlights the concept that death is not an end, but rather a continuation in a different state.
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Death
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