What’s the It?

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To the question of life and death, my friend says, “It’s over when it’s over.” She means there’s nothing after death. There is no soul. There is no God.

I wonder — what’s the it?

Descartes’ I think therefore I am presumes there is an I and that we know what I is.

Similarly, It’s over presumes there’s an it and that we know what it is.

I don’t expect answers. I read and write in hopes of asking ever more intriguing questions.

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