Epicurus's Philosophy on the Fear of Death

Death and people's perception of it are an important part of many philosophies. It can be said that the problem surrounding the life after death and death constitutes the basis of many philosophical concepts. For some philosophers, not only is the concept of death important itself, but also how people perceive it and why they see it in their way. Epicuras claims that the soul is fatal. This is an excellent explanation as to why we should not be afraid of death. To understand the philosophy of fear against Epicurus 'death, we must first understand Epicurus' cosmology, and why he believes that the soul is a human.

Epicuras is an ancient Greek philosopher and founder of a philosopher known as Epicurean. For epicurus, the aim of philosophy is to realize a happy and calm life characterized by fearlessness - peace, liberation from fear, painless - painless. Epicuras believed that atom and taught humans that they can not control their destiny. He also refused to believe in God and taught the universe that it is infinite without purpose. He often said that the fear of death is one of the main causes of human anxiety and often leads to despair. Epicurus preaching death is an unavoidable reality, it is also the end of the body of the soul. It is believed that Epicuras wrote 300 works, but his work survived almost.

Death has attacked many of our fears and sufferings and some philosophers believe that believing in immortality is a very needed resource to deal with this fear. But Epicuras believes in the famous fear of death is irrational for two main reasons. 1) Death is like extinction of consciousness, we do not know our condition. Death is not "); 2) Do not worry about the time after death (Rist, 1972), just as it is not worrying about the time to be born