Cicero for me.
Does Leibniz assume that I will carry forward knowledge and experience from my previous existence? I don't know. If I didn't the enterprise would be worthless from my perspective because without knowledge of my previous experience I would not be experiencing the next life.
I can easily dream of numerous benefits if I was allowed to live life again with full understanding that my new circumstance would provide a unique set of trials and for this reason alone makes the idea attractive. The problem I would have is living knowing that I have left behind the loves I have in this life. Will my new life have baseball? The music I like? Toilet paper? These are all superficial and can be replaced by better games, better music and the three seashells from Demolition Man. What I can't reconcile is knowing that the personal relationships of my life will never be. Although a future existence will likely have different meaningful relationships, how many cycles of wash, rinse and repeat will it take until what makes this life enjoyable becomes transitory, mundane and routine?
I think the following clip is germane to the conversation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLzJAebfEIg
Does Leibniz assume that I will carry forward knowledge and experience from my previous existence? I don't know. If I didn't the enterprise would be worthless from my perspective because without knowledge of my previous experience I would not be experiencing the next life.
I can easily dream of numerous benefits if I was allowed to live life again with full understanding that my new circumstance would provide a unique set of trials and for this reason alone makes the idea attractive. The problem I would have is living knowing that I have left behind the loves I have in this life. Will my new life have baseball? The music I like? Toilet paper? These are all superficial and can be replaced by better games, better music and the three seashells from Demolition Man. What I can't reconcile is knowing that the personal relationships of my life will never be. Although a future existence will likely have different meaningful relationships, how many cycles of wash, rinse and repeat will it take until what makes this life enjoyable becomes transitory, mundane and routine?
I think the following clip is germane to the conversation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLzJAebfEIg
