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Incubator Q&A A sphinx's riddle with the solution "Death"

Here's my suggestion: No life within, no life without. Forever you will have no time. The lack of motion that is moving. No pocket for the boatman's dime. I guess if you know the solution,...

posted 11mo ago by celtschk‭

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celtschk‭ · 2025-10-23T17:42:48Z (11 months ago)

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Here's my suggestion:

>No life within, no life without.  
>Forever you will have no time.  
>The lack of motion that is moving.  
>No pocket for the boatman's dime.

I guess if you know the solution, you don't need an explanation, but anyway:

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  * No life within: Death is the absence of life.
  * No life without: There is no life without death.
  * Forever you will have no time: Death lasts forever, but death is the end of your (personal) time, so you won't have time when you're dead.
  * The lack of motion: Obviously if you're dead, you won't move.
  * that is moving: When someone dies, the people close to him are (emotionally) moved.
  * No pocket for the boatman's dime: This combines the saying that the last shirt has no pockets (that is, you can't take money with you when you die) with the myth that you have to pay for the passage of the Styx (where do you get that money from, if you can't take it with you?).

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