Heidegger said "Sein zum Tode", or one's awareness of & readiness for this event, is the key to authentic being
Authentic being is there- fore a being-toward death, a Sein-zum-
Tode (one of... [DOC] [TLE] The Game of Death in Chivalric Culture | Essay and science [PAR] Past cultures imbued the final act of existence with meanings of their own.