9 reassuring Stoic lessons on death π
Epictetus:
1. Neither death nor pain is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death
2. The poor body must be separated from the spirit as it was before, either now or later. Why then are you troubled if it be now? For if not now, later
Epictetus:
1. Neither death nor pain is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death
2. The poor body must be separated from the spirit as it was before, either now or later. Why then are you troubled if it be now? For if not now, later
Seneca:
3. We must make ready for death before making ready for life
4. Death would be a thing to dread if it could stay. But it either doesnβt come, or comes & is gone
5. What matters is not how long you live, but how well; & often living well means that you cannot live long
3. We must make ready for death before making ready for life
4. Death would be a thing to dread if it could stay. But it either doesnβt come, or comes & is gone
5. What matters is not how long you live, but how well; & often living well means that you cannot live long
6. There are no ills to be suffered after death, reports that make the underworld terrible to us are mere tales
7. Let us order our minds as if we had come to the end. Let us postpone nothing. Let us balance lifeβs account every day.
7. Let us order our minds as if we had come to the end. Let us postpone nothing. Let us balance lifeβs account every day.
Marcus:
8. Perfection of character: to live each day as if it were your last, without turmoil & without pretense
9. Imagine that youβve actually been dead & that you havenβt lived your life up to the present moment, & then treat what remains of your life as a bonus
#MementoMori
8. Perfection of character: to live each day as if it were your last, without turmoil & without pretense
9. Imagine that youβve actually been dead & that you havenβt lived your life up to the present moment, & then treat what remains of your life as a bonus
#MementoMori
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