But if thou shalt have no sensation, neither wilt thou feel any harm; and if thou shalt acquire another kind of sensation, thou wilt be a different kind of living being and thou wilt not cease to live.
From his personal reflections, this passage offers a stoic perspective on death, arguing that either there is no sensation to experience harm, or life continues in a different form.
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