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“Death”
“Death” In the 1787 painting by Jacques-Louis David, Socrates is about to drink the hemlock. That was the execution method to which he was condemned by an Athenian jury for the crime of asking too many philosophic questions. Cebes, one … Continue reading →
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Tagged alienation, ancient philosophy, Athens, barbarians, Cebes, death, End-of-Life, fear, fear of death, Greece, Hellas, Jacques-Louis David, learning how to die, little deaths, nothingness, Socrates, soul, suffering, The Examined Life, the great equalizer, women and death
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