Death#
Summary#
Death is presented not as something to be feared but as a natural process that equalizes all people, whether they die young or in old age. Marcus Aurelius advises using death as a measure: when doing anything, ask whether death would be dreadful because it deprives you of this activity. The wise person who follows reason and lives according to nature does not find death terrible, recognizing that being troubled by mortality is inconsistent with honoring reason and the divine order.