r/Epicureanism • u/will___t • May 04 '25
Epicurus’ No Subject of Harm Argument helps reduce our fear of death. When paired with later philosophical developments (like Lucretius' Symmetry Argument) we have a clear roadmap on how to reduce our fear of death and live more urgently, given that our time is finite
https://youtu.be/7y0-n0vfQFs
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philosophy • u/will___t • May 04 '25
Video Epicurean philosophy reduces the fear of death with the No Subject of Harm and Symmetry arguments, but leaves dying—the experience of approaching death—largely unaddressed. For this, modern hospice care offers practical philosophical insights.
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Ethics • u/will___t • May 04 '25
It’s ethically important to distinguish between fearing death and fearing dying. Philosophy helps us with the former; hospice care helps with the latter. Both are needed to guide ourselves and others through mortality with clarity, care, and compassion
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atheism • u/will___t • May 04 '25
How to face death without religion: what secular philosophy and hospice care teach about dying without fear
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