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The Lost Art of Dying (with Dr. Lydia Dugdale)

Good Faith

CHAPTER

The Arse Moriendi

A genre of literature that developed during the aftermath of the mid-1300s bubonic plague outbreak. The survivors wanted to figure out how to reckon with our finitude and prepare for death because if it's not plague It'll be war or it'll be famine. This arse moriendi this art of dying was just part of what it meant to be brought up well. We need to make sure our last words are recorded to reflect on our good living and good dying That's not at all in our conversation anymore and since death Kind of is is hidden from view Um, we don't need to think about it and it takes the back burner.

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