Man has many wishes that he does not really wish to fulfil, and it would be a misunderstanding to suppose the contrary. He wants them to remain wishes, they have value only in his imagination; their fulfilment would be a bitter disappointment to him. Such a desire is the desire for eternal life. If it were fulfilled, man would become thoroughly sick of living eternally, and yearn for death.
Čovek ima mnogo želja koje on zapravo ni ne želi da se ispune i bilo bi čak i pogrešno pretpostaviti suprotno. On želi da one ostanu samo želje, one imaju vrednost samo u njegovoj mašti; njihovo ispunjenje bilo bi gorko razočarenje za njega. Jedna od takvih želja je i želja za večnim životom. Da je ispunjena, čovek bi postao potpuno bolestan od večnog života, i čeznuo bi za smrću.