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Immortality via Cultural Memory

Posted by: Jamie B on: February 11, 2011

At the beginning of Part 4 of Gilgamesh, our hero is still weeping for his friend. And a new fear has struck him – fear of his own mortality. “What my brother is now, that shall I be when I am dead. Because I am afraid of death, I will go as best I can [...]


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