Ancient

Epicurus

341–270 BCE

Philosopher of the Garden

His name became a slur for excess. His actual teaching is closer to a well-kept table and the removal of needless fear. Death, in his argument, is not an experience you will be present for.

In the canon

  1. Death is nothing to us. When we are, death is not come; and when death is come, we are not.Letter to Menoeceus

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