Stoics on Death

3 Simple Ways I Remind Myself of Death

3 Simple Ways I Remind Myself of Death
3 simple ways I remind myself of death

                In letters from a Stoic, the Roman Senator and Stoic philosopher Seneca would write to his friend Lucilius to remind him of the shortness of human lives and why we should live it on a per-day basis. To make a point, he would borrow a remark from the philosopher Heraclitus saying “One day is equal to every day.” He goes to explain that “One day is equal…

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Top 20 Quotes About Death by the Ancient Stoics

Top 20 Quotes About Death by the Ancient Stoics

      Memento Mori, a Latin phrase which means “Remember You Must Die”, is a popular practice among ancient stoics to remind themselves of their mortality. This might sound unusual after hearing it for the first time and for some sounds scary but actually it can make one be more appreciative of the present. Seneca, a popular stoic philosopher, said that one of his friends has a daily ritual by sitting aside a coffin with some wine…

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5 Clever Ways Stoics View Death (Within Reasons)

5 Clever Ways Stoics View Death (Within Reasons)

            One of the things that the stoics talk frequently in their works is the idea of death. It’s probably, for most of us weird, to even talk about it but the stoics had a clever way of putting death into perspective to deal with the difficulties of life, especially anxiety.            Here are 5 ways the ancient stoics view death:Death is a natural process.“And what dying is—and that if you…

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Top 10 Quotes About Memento Mori From Ancient Stoics

[View Handbook]            Memento Mori, a Latin phrase which means “Remember You Must Die”, is a popular practice among ancient stoics to remind themselves of their mortality. This might sound unusual after hearing it for the first time and for some sounds scary but actually it can make one be more appreciative of the present. Seneca, a popular stoic philosopher, said that one of his friends has a daily ritual by sitting aside a coffin with some…

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Dealing with Anxiety Part 2: Memento Mori

Memento mori is a Latin phrase which means “Remember You Must Die”. In stoicism it’s about reflecting about your own mortality on a daily basis. If you have full understanding that death is part of life you can build of relationship which results to not being afraid of it.  A lot of our anxiety is deeply rooted to our own mortality. A simple health issue might result to a chain of negative thoughts which at…

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