Accordingly, death is a harbor of peace for the just, but is believed a shipwreck for the wicked.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Death brings peace to righteous people but ruin to those who live wickedly.
- In plain terms
- The outcome of death depends on how you lived.
- What can you take from it?
- Live justly to face death with peace.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What gives you peace about mortality?
- How does justice relate to death?
Another view
This view assumes a clear moral binary and specific beliefs about the afterlife.
More from Ambrose
It is not death therefore that is burdensome, but the fear of death.
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