DTH X BJR X SABOD JUDGMNT REBRTH

Marcus Aurelius just didn't know, and didn't care that much either: The man who is afraid of death is afraid either of not experiencing anything or of experiencing something new.  But either you will experience no sensation and therefore nothing bad; or else you will have a new kind of sensation and you will be a different kind of being, but you will not stop being alive.  (8.58) In any event, the sting of death was diminished for the Stoic by the knowledge of what an insignificant part of the world he was.  “Soon you will forget everything.  Soon everything will forget you.”  (7.21)  That was how Marcus Aurelius reconciled himself to his fate.