A Discourse of Life and Death
The Dilemma of Escape
The author questions whether fleeing human society and withdrawing from the world can truly bring peace in the face of inner confusion and unruly passions.
What must we do, then, in such great conflict and confusion of minds? Must we, to find true humanity, flee human society and hide in forests among wild beasts? To avoid these unruly passions, must we shun the company of creatures supposed to be reasonable? To pull ourselves out of the evils of the world, must we sequester ourselves from the world? If by doing so we could live at rest, it would be something.
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What must we then doe in so great a contrarietie and confusion of mindes? Must wee to fynde true humanitie, flye the societie of men, and hide vs in forrestes among wilde beastes? to auoyde these vnrulie passions, eschue the assemblye of creatures supposed reasonable? to plucke vs out of the euills of the world, sequester our selues from the world? Coulde wee in so dooing liue at rest, it were something.
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