, ▁a ▁Russian ▁woman , ▁had ▁also ▁committed ▁suic ide , ▁and ▁also ▁a ▁brother ▁who ▁lived ▁in ▁America . ▁He ▁is ▁buried ▁in ▁the ▁Jewish ▁c emetery ▁in ▁Ro ž na ▁Dol ina ▁near ▁Nova ▁Gor ica , ▁Sloven ia . ▁As ▁his ▁family ▁was ▁Jewish , ▁they ▁were ▁sent ▁to ▁Aus ch witz , ▁only ▁one ▁sister ▁escaped ▁to ▁Switzerland . ▁ ▁Fri ends ▁and ▁relatives ▁published ▁his ▁works ▁and ▁collected ▁his ▁writ ings , ▁now ▁in ▁the ▁Bibli oteca ▁C iv ica ▁di ▁Gor izia . ▁ ▁Not ▁only ▁did ▁he ▁write ▁Pers u asion ▁and ▁Rh et or ic , ▁but ▁many ▁stories , ▁plays , ▁dialog ues . ▁Th ous ands ▁of ▁un fin ished ▁pages , ▁most ▁of ▁which ▁have ▁been ▁only ▁translated ▁to ▁Spanish . ▁▁ ▁Th ought ▁ ▁For ▁Michel sta ed ter , ▁common ▁life ▁is ▁an ▁absence ▁of ▁life , ▁narrow ▁and ▁del ud ed ▁as ▁it ▁is ▁by ▁the ▁god ▁of ▁pleasure , ▁which ▁dece ives ▁man , ▁prom ising ▁ple asures ▁and ▁results ▁that ▁are ▁not ▁real , ▁although ▁man ▁thinks ▁they ▁are . ▁Rh et or ic — that ▁is , ▁the ▁convent ions ▁of ▁the ▁individual , ▁the ▁weak , ▁and ▁society — com pr ises ▁social ▁life , ▁in ▁which ▁man ▁over pow ers ▁nature ▁and ▁himself ▁for ▁his ▁own ▁pleasure . ▁Only ▁by ▁living ▁in ▁the ▁present ▁as ▁if ▁every ▁moment ▁were ▁the ▁last ▁can ▁man ▁free ▁himself ▁from ▁the ▁fear ▁of ▁death , ▁and ▁thus ▁achieve