Rachel Ashcroft | The Smart Set https://www.thesmartset.com A magazine of arts & culture from Drexel University Sat, 06 Jan 2024 19:56:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 To Philosophize is to Learn How to Die https://www.thesmartset.com/to-philosophize-is-to-learn-how-to-die/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=to-philosophize-is-to-learn-how-to-die https://www.thesmartset.com/to-philosophize-is-to-learn-how-to-die/#respond Mon, 08 Jan 2024 12:30:00 +0000 https://www.thesmartset.com/?p=62418 I spent four years writing a PhD on philosophical definitions of time in the 16th century. Most of my research revolved around the subject of death. Every day I read discussions about the nature of the afterlife, suicide, pain, mortality, and of course — fear of death. With all this philosophical study under my belt, […]

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