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EPISODE · Feb 26, 2021 · 3 MIN

800. The real reason we are afraid of death

from Stoic Meditations · host Massimo Pigliucci

Death, says Cicero, overtakes us quickly, and it is therefore endurable. It is the thought of leaving people and things behind that is painful. But the Stoics have a unique argument for why we should overcome that fear.

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