- So bound up, in fact, that the two are synonymous: **to be, for a human, is above all to exist temporally, in the stretch between birth and death, certain that the end will come, yet unable to know when**. We tend to speak about our having a limited amount of time. **But it might make more sense**, from [[Heidegger]]’s strange perspective, **to say that we are a limited amount of time. That’s how completely our limited time defines us**. --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[momento-mori]] **Source** -- [[202410130434 - B - Four Thousand Weeks]]