Whether or not you can imagine your own death, it seems quite natural to be at least a bit afraid of not existing. Who wouldn't fear their own death? If there's anything we should be anxious about, it's surely that. It seems perfectly reasonable to worry about not existing even if that will happen many years from now. It's instinctive. Very few people alive have never thought deeply about this. The Ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus (341–270 BC) argued that fear of death was a waste of time and based on bad logic. It was a state of mind to be overcome. If you think clearly about it, death
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