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What Ayer saw when he was dead


“Did you know that I was dead? The first time that I tried to cross the river I was frustrated, but my second attempt succeeded. It was most extraordinary. My thoughts became persons.”

– A.J. Ayer, What I saw when I was dead.


Author AndiPosted on 29 January 20082 June 2022Tags amusing, death, quotations

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