Dying is no biggie (says Stoic philosopher Seneca)

This is a new type of episode I’m calling Bucket Nuggets, which are death-related tidbits about things like a great quote I came across, a fact I find interesting, or maybe just a weird thought I had recently.

And I have no shortage of off-kilter thoughts so I’ll have plenty to choose from.

Today I’m exploring a nugget of wisdom from Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca, commonly known as Seneca. Yep, he’s achieved single-name status. He’s kind of like the Adele or Kanye of philosophy.

In this excerpt from a collection of his works called Morals of a Happy Life, Benefits, Anger, and Clemency, Seneca, who was a philosopher during the Roman Imperial Period in the first century C.E., drops a truth bomb—when you stop and think about it, fearing death doesn’t make much sense at all.

Sources: here (scroll down once you're there)

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