Therefore death is nothing to us, it matters not one jot, since the nature of the mind is understood to be mortal.”
- Lucretius in De Rerum Natura … more
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Francis Bacon on death
@ 06/08/12 – 13:20:03
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other. - Francis Bacon … more -
Marcus Aurelius on the needless fear of death
@ 23/01/10 – 21:38:44
"He who fears death either fears to lose all sensation or fears new sensations. In reality, you will either feel nothing at all, and therefore nothing … more -
Epicurus on the unnecessary fear of death
@ 29/11/09 – 19:48:53
"Death is nothing to us; for that which has been dissolved into its elements experiences no sensations, and that which has no sensation is nothing … more
