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I wasn't referring to death not being in the present. Rather, the problem with the statement
is that it assumes that because the person doesn't exist in the present, it isn't meaningful to talk about that person existing at all.
Ahh, I see, that's a very good point. So you would say that Socrates, despite being dead, nevertheless exists now as someone who is dead.
I suppose if we've got a block-time view of things anyway, existence wouldn't have much of anything to do with presentness.
I like that answer.