Fated To Falsafa

When one is fated to falsafa, she knows that the words of Socrates to Simmias in the Phaedo are addressed, likewise, to her:



"Then it is a fact, Simmias, that true philosophers make dying their profession, and that to them of all men death is least alarming."

We are but strangers in a strange land. Our bags are at the ready, for we are intensely aware that the day of departure is always arriving--if not this moment at hand...