Therefore death is nothing to us, it matters not one jot, since the nature of the mind is understood to be mortal.

Nil igitur mors est ad nos neque pertinet hilum, quandoquidem natura animi mortalis habetur.

Lucretius

On the Nature of Things

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Topic

Facing death Fear of death Death

Author

Lucretius

Source

On the Nature of Things

Medium

Poem

Genre

Didactic poem Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

55 BC 50s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Philosopher Poet Writer

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Italy Europe Roman Republic

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Original Citation

Carus, Titus Lucretius. De Rerum Natura [On the Nature of Things]. c. 55 BC, bk. 3, l. 830.

Current Citation

Carus, Titus Lucretius. The Nature of Things, translated by Alicia Stallings. Penguin Classics, 2007, bk. 3, l. 830.

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I am Death.

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Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Jesus

Matthew 25:13

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Source
Gospel of Matthew The Bible
Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 25:13).

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Pride is therefore pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

Baruch Spinoza

Ethics

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Source
Ethics
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Definition
Language
Latin
Time
1677 1670s 17th century
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Original Citation

Spinoza, Baruch. Ethica, Ordine Geometrico Desmonstrata [Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order]. 1677, pt. 3, prop. 26, note.

Current Citation

Spinoza, Benedict. Ethics, translated by Michael Silverthorne and Matthew J. Kinser. Cambridge University Press, 2018, pt. 3, prop. 26, note.