what comes first, to live or to be?

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what comes first, to live or to be?

to be means to exist; what is first existence or life?

2007-02-19 13:20:46 · 5 answers · asked by jho 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy

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to be

2007-02-19 13:23:15 · answer #1 · answered by Butterflied 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

We exist/are/live/ at all times in all places, nothing "comes first".

2007-02-19 21:24:59 · answer #2 · answered by Keenu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

To live comes first...one is born into this world, but one does not necessarily become a self. You may enjoy reading Kierkegaard's Sickness Unto Death.

2007-02-19 21:24:05 · answer #3 · answered by Emmy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Life is existence, therefore they both happen simultaneously.

2007-02-19 21:24:56 · answer #4 · answered by jamesemt911 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

existence... life is what we make along our way ;-)

2007-02-19 23:29:15 · answer #5 · answered by ♥Sapphire 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋