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==Origin==

==Origin==

Anglo-Norman and Middle French oblivion [[Amnesia|forgetfulness]] (c1220 in Old French; French †oblivion) and their etymon classical Latin oblīviōn-, oblīviō forgetfulness, state of being [[forgotten]], amnesty

Anglo-Norman and Middle French oblivion [[Amnesia|forgetfulness]] (c1220 in Old French; French †oblivion) and their etymon classical Latin oblīviōn-, oblīviō forgetfulness, state of being [[forgotten]], amnesty

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1:  a. The [[state]] or [[fact]] of forgetting or having forgotten; forgetfulness; (also) [[freedom]] from [[care]] or worry.

*1:  a. The [[state]] or [[fact]] of forgetting or having forgotten; forgetfulness; (also) [[freedom]] from [[care]] or worry.

*2: The [[state]] or condition of being [[forgotten]]; (also, more generally) [[obscurity]], nothingness, void, [[death]]. to fall (sink, etc.) into oblivion : to become forgotten or disused; (also) to die. to consign (also †put) to (or †in) oblivion : to forget entirely about (something), to abandon, regard as in the [[past]].

*2: The [[state]] or condition of being [[forgotten]]; (also, more generally) [[obscurity]], nothingness, void, [[death]]. to fall (sink, etc.) into oblivion : to become forgotten or disused; (also) to die. to consign (also †put) to (or †in) oblivion : to forget entirely about (something), to abandon, regard as in the [[past]].

==Description==

==Description==

An [[eternal]] [[state]] of '''oblivion''', or lack of [[awareness]], is believed by some to occur after [[death]]. This [[belief]] [[contradicts]] [[beliefs]] that there is an [[afterlife]], such as a [[heaven]] or [[hell]], after [[death]]. The [[belief]] in eternal oblivion stems from the [[idea]] that the [[brain]] creates the [[mind]]; therefore, when the [[brain]] dies, the [[mind]] ceases to exist. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin Benjamin Franklin] writes about this in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dissertation_on_Liberty_and_Necessity,_Pleasure_and_Pain ''A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain''], stating:

An [[eternal]] [[state]] of '''oblivion''', or lack of [[awareness]], is believed by some to occur after [[death]]. This [[belief]] [[contradicts]] [[beliefs]] that there is an [[afterlife]], such as a [[heaven]] or [[hell]], after [[death]]. The [[belief]] in eternal oblivion stems from the [[idea]] that the [[brain]] creates the [[mind]]; therefore, when the [[brain]] dies, the [[mind]] ceases to exist. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin Benjamin Franklin] writes about this in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dissertation_on_Liberty_and_Necessity,_Pleasure_and_Pain ''A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain''], stating:

<i>In a sound Sleep sometimes, or in a Swoon, we cease to think at all; tho' the Soul is not therefore then annihilated, but exists all the while tho' it does not act; and may not this probably be the Case after Death? . . . . Now upon Death, and the Destruction of the Body, the Ideas contain'd in the Brain, (which are alone the Subjects of the Soul's Action) being then likewise necessarily destroy'd, the Soul, tho' incapable of Destruction itself, must then necessarily cease to think or act, having nothing left to think or act upon.</i>

<i>In a sound Sleep sometimes, or in a Swoon, we cease to think at all; tho' the Soul is not therefore then annihilated, but exists all the while tho' it does not act; and may not this probably be the Case after Death? . . . . Now upon Death, and the Destruction of the Body, the Ideas contain'd in the Brain, (which are alone the Subjects of the Soul's Action) being then likewise necessarily destroy'd, the Soul, tho' incapable of Destruction itself, must then necessarily cease to think or act, having nothing left to think or act upon.</i>

 

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