Would you like to have immortality?

Question

I would like to have immortality but not in the sense that I would live forever, but in the sense that my name, my work and my acheivments would be remembered for hundreds and thousands of years and would inspire future generations.

People like William Shakespeare, Sir Isaac Newton and Leonardo Da Vinci have true immortality, don't you think?

Answer 1

You are ambitious..I am glad u did not use the true sense of ''immortality'' as in '''never dying'' in teh physical sense.

But yes, you sound like an individual who is really determined....and why do i think that ? because you compared yourself with literature, science, and art....(shakespeare, newton, and vinci) ..but then if you do have to reach immortality, you will have to choose between shakespeare, newton or vinci, because you cannot be all of the three together.....focus, and be strong, and yes, you will reach immortality...wihtout being shakespeare, newton or vinci, u will be someone so different...and perhaps we can add in ur name there...
good luck

Answer 2

Regarding the last question, I would think that they are immortal to the Western world only so it begs another question - immortal to who? Secondly some of those we see as greater than life have not earned this immortality in reality - in some cases stealing other's ideas, etc. although it is believed the 3 you mentioned above were not part of this -- although Shakespeare's plays at times have been thought of as "borrowed" thematically from elsewhere (though nothing has ever been proven).
I think it would feel as my life was worthwhile if I were thought of by one or more persons as having given them something good. I doubt though that within a generation I would be remembered and so I believe and hope that the God I believe in considers me immortal in His Love and keeps me alive in His place and time when I shed this world.

Answer 3

I wouldn't like to have immortalitiy in either sense. Basically because this world is a terrible place and I will be quite happy just to live to a good old age, and secondly I wouldn't care whether I was immortal due to my achievements etc because I wouldn't know about it! I'd like to achieve in my life now, not when I'm pushing up the daisies. Pointless.

Answer 4

Being immortal would be a nightmare imagine nothing holding any wonder any more all your friends dying around you having no family.....life would definitely lose its sparkle too much of a good thing is not good for you. Have you ever been bored with a job well that's how life would feel after a few millennia.

Answer 5

Yes I would, but I would like to earn it, and I would want it to be for something good.
Keep in mind, people are remembered or gain "immortality" not just for being great and important people, but also for being terrible and horrifying. Hilter, Geoffrey Dahmer, Ghengis Kahn, all of them will be remembered forever just for being psychotic killers. Better to be forgotten than remembered in this way.
But I think there is something special in people who do amazing things to help others every day, all the while knowing they will never get recognized for it.

Answer 6

Absolutely! And more modernly, J.R.R. Tolkein has immortality, and J.K. Rowling surely will also after she passes on. Not to mention great athletes like Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, Presidents like Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy, or actors like Cary Grant and Marilyn Monroe.

Now, I may not achieve that level of fame, but I've certainly made my impact by working in musical theater with kids and helping them grow up, and many still remember me years later, and that's what counts in my book.

Answer 7

I don't care about living forever that would be terrible to watch all my loved ones die and still have to keep on living also i have no care for my work being remembered and not being gifted at anything i doubt anyone will but i just care about making a few small diffrences and changes here in peoples lives and such.

Answer 8

Immortality is realized by EVERY person...ultimately. The object of life is to "push the envelope", "make known the unknown", "go where no one has gone before"...EVOLVE. When you've lived enough lifetimes and mastered your lower nature and become ever increasingly more masterful , your achievements, especially the functions of heart and mind, will bring you to the place where everyone knows your name

Answer 9

Our terms obviously differ.

I would prefer to live forever in obscurity than be dead & famous.

Obviously, leaving one's 'mark' is the best most of us can or will do. But I hesitate to call that 'true' immortality.

That said though. Here' s to the mark. May you leave a classic.

Answer 10

sure, i think everyone would like to leave an imprint or a legend of themselves on the earth. but fictional immortality just sucks. your life's prolonged and you see all the people you love and care about age and fade away. I'd never ever want that.