Nil igitur mors est ad nos neque pertinet hilum, quandoquidem natura animi mortalis habetur.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Death is nothing to us since the soul is mortal and dissolves with the body, removing any concern for afterlife suffering.
- In plain terms
- Death does not affect you because your mind ends when you die.
- What can you take from it?
- Do not fear death since it ends sensation and awareness.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does knowing death is final change how you live?
- Are you afraid of non-existence?
Another view
This view ignores the grief death causes to those left behind.
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