There Are Those Who Complain About the Drawbacks of Believing

question 134

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There are those who complain about the drawbacks of believing in an enduring self, for example, the loneliness of proprietorship in a single life, and the emotions attendant upon time's passage. They also complain of the sense that they are "moving faster and faster" through the tunnel, toward the "darkness" at its end. However, Velleman says that "the remedy for these anxieties and regrets is not to get out of the tunnel and live 'in the open air'; the remedy is to stop moving."

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