Why Did the Epicureans Believe That People Should Not Fear

question 11

Multiple Choice

Why did the Epicureans believe that people should not fear death?

• A) Because life was harsh, and death represented a release from its trials and tribulations
• B) Because death was nothing more than the painless separating of the body's atoms, of which all earthly matter was composed
• C) Because the gods promised a beneficent afterlife to all who led a virtuous earthly life
• D) Because no one knew what followed death, and it was self-defeating and irrational to fear the unknown

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