6 Plato Quotes on Death

Plato quotes on death

11. Either death is a state of nothingness and utter unconsciousness, or, as men say, there is a change and migration of the soul from this world to another. ...Now if death be of such a nature, I say that to die is to gain; for eternity is then only a single night.

13. The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways - I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.

15. Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

16. Will you not allow that I have as much of the spirit of prophesy in me as the swans? For they, when they perceive that they must die, having sung all their life long, do then sing more lustily than ever, rejoicing in the thought that they are going to the god they serve.

26. Can any man be courageous who has the fear of death in him?

55. Death is not the worst that can happen to men.