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“What is death? A scary mask. Take it off-see, it doesn't bite.”

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Epictetus was a renowned Greek philosopher born in 55 AD and died in 135 AD. He founded the Stoic school of philosophy, emphasizing the importance of reason, morality, and self-control, which had a profound impact on subsequent philosophy. more

“Men have written in the most convincing manner to prove that death is no evil, and this opinion has been confirmed on a thousand celebrated occasions by the weakest of men as well as by heroes. Even so I doubt whether any sensible person has ever believed it, and the trouble men take to convince others as well as themselves that they do shows clearly that it is no easy undertaking.”

Men Wells Persons Has Beens Shows Evil Easy Opinion Doubt Written Trouble Hero Thousand Prove Occasions Convince Sensible Convincing Undertakings

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“To desire immortality for the individual is really the same as wanting to perpetuate an error forever.”

Desire Individual Forever Errors Immortality

Author:Arthur Schopenhauer

“Another way of judging the value of a prophet's religious experience, therefore, would be to examine the type of manhood that he has created, and the cultural world that has sprung out of the spirit of his message.”

World Way Would Be Spirit Values Religious Judging Type Messages Prophet Manhood Another Way Sprung Religious Experience

Book:The religious thought in Islam

Source: The religious thought in Islam

“A moral principle is not a command to act or to forbear acting in a given way: it is a tool for analyzing a special situation, the right or wrong being determined by the situation in its entirety, not by the rule as such.”

Way Given Acting Situation Moral Principles Special Tools Determined Command Analyzing Moral Principles Entirety

Book:Ethics: Top American Authors

Source: Ethics: Top American Authors

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