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Comment author: ata 03 August 2010 04:35:53AM *  4 points [-]

I think that line means the opposite of how you interpreted it. I read "I await the dissolution of death" not as "I await the dissolution that is death" but as "I await the point when the threat of death is dissolved".

Edit: What komponisto said.

Comment author: WrongBot 03 August 2010 04:53:40AM 1 point [-]

I don't quite see how the subsequent clause would make sense under that reading.

I await the point when death is dissolved, but not another life in a world which will not come.

If that "but" were an "and", I would agree with you.

Comment author: [deleted] 03 August 2010 05:53:14AM 1 point [-]

What about interpreting it like this:

I await the point when death is dissolved, but I do not await another life in a world because it will not come.

Comment author: WrongBot 03 August 2010 06:09:32AM 0 points [-]

Yeah, this may just be a parse error on my part. Apologies for the noise.

Comment author: komponisto 03 August 2010 05:48:11AM 1 point [-]

"But" makes perfect sense to me: "I, too, hope to triumph over death, but not in the way that religious people do."

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