Socrates tells us is true and death is either of the two things he counts as possibilities , neither one counts as something to be feared . Accordingly , to act in shameful ways out of a fear of death is truly ``the most blameworthy ignorance ' I am more tempted by a pious reply . On the hypothesis that death is nothingness , it follows that human beings are mortals . Hence to be dead is central to our nature indeed it is life that is...











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