Illnesses, wars and catastrophes bring death to our attention. What does that mean for our lives? And how do you actually learn to die? Yves Bossart speaks to philosopher Susanne Burri about death, its role in society and the longing for immortality. Topics in this episode: 00:00 What is your relationship to death? 15:57 Do we repress the fear of death? 30:00 Is death good or bad? 48:38 What comes after death? ???? Subscribe to SRF Kultur Sternstunden on YouTube now ???? https://www.youtube.com/srfkultur?sub... Susanne Burri is a junior professor of philosophy at the University of Konstanz and deals intensively with topics such as war, death and mortality. She believes that thinking about death improves our lives. But also that we as a society still repress death. The ancient philosopher Epicurus already spoke of a "repressed fear of death". What consequences this repression has, whether death is bad and whether a 200-year-old life is boring – Yves Bossart talks about this with the Swiss philosopher. Literature mentioned in the conversation: - Epicurus, "Letter to Menoiceus", in: Epicurus, Letters, Sayings, Fragments of Work, Reclam. - Bernard Williams, "The Makropulos Case: Reflections on the Boredom of Immortality", in: Williams, Problems of the Self, Stuttgart: Reclam. - Martha Nussbaum, The Therapy of Desire. Theory and Practice in Hellenistic Ethics, Princeton. - Susan Wolf, Meaning In Life and Why It Matters, Princeton. Sternstunde Philosophie from December 4th, 2022 ____________________ Persons responsible for the program: Director: Stephan Brülhart, Editor: Claudia Zeltner, Susanne Herresthal, Producer & Management: Judith Hardegger, SRF 2022 ____________________ SRF Kultur Sternstunden on YouTube ???? https://www.youtube.com/srfkultur?sub... More culture on Facebook ???? / srfkultur More culture on Instagram ???? / ​​srfkultur More culture on Twitter ???? / srfkultur More culture on srf.ch ???? https://www.srf.ch/kultur ____________________ The “Sternstunde Philosophie” cultivates the in-depth and critical exchange of ideas and gets to the bottom of the burning questions of our time. The “Sternstunde Philosophie” draws a broad arc from socio-political topicality to the fundamental questions of philosophy: Who is responsible for what, what does human freedom consist of, what determines the meaning of our life? Guests include personalities from science, culture, politics and business - voices that stimulate thought and reflect and classify our current events. ____________________ Moderation: Barbara Bleisch: / barbarableisch Yves Bossart: / bossart_yves Wolfram Eilenberger: http://www.wolfram-eilenberger.de/ ____________________ Social Media Netiquette from SRF: ► https://www.srf.ch/social-netiquette #SRFKultur #SRFKulturSternstunden #SRFSternstunde #Philosophie #Tod #Sterben #Lebensglück #SRF #Kultur