anything. You cannot suffer because of death while alive, because it does not exist for you, nor can you suffer after death, because you will be no more.” The troubled nobleman solemnly agreed. Socrates went on to explain that when we fear our own death, as if being dead was somehow an event in our life, we behave as if we knew the value of something that neither is nor will ever be. Fearing death is like worrying about dragons, centaurs, or other mythological creatures. Although we can talk about these and other such fantastic creatures, we never actually encounter them during our lives. The
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