What Asymmetry Did Lucretius Think Raised a Problem for the Notion

question 73

Multiple Choice

What asymmetry did Lucretius think raised a problem for the notion that death is bad?

• A) Our different attitudes toward prenatal and posthumous nonexistence
• B) Our different attitudes toward experiencing something bad and not experiencing it
• C) Our different attitudes toward someone who dies young and someone who dies at a normal age
• D) Our different attitudes toward whether death is a harm or not

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