being unto death

is the very concrete and individual non-reflective state we are in when we face death. In this state we are no longer caught up in particular tasks, no longer concerned with roles or social functions. It is the idea that it is death that makes us true individuals.

when one faces death hasn't time for reflection built into it pluto -. our life passes before our eyes. . . most of the time we are caught up in particular tasks who we are and how we stack up but we don't think about our life as a whole. . . but death shakes us out of this. . . it is something very concrete and individual. . . it is death that makes us true individuals. . . you don't think of yourself in terms of your roles or your social functions. . . .

being unto death, n.All

being unto death