Episode 31: Stoic Ghosts: The Stoic view of the afterlife
For Halloween we'll discuss the topic of the afterlife. We'll find that their ideas vary slightly but they predicted one of three things.1. We die when we die2. We are recycled when we die3. We live on after deathNo matter the reality, the point of the philosophy is to live well while we are alive !Helpful links: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/the-story-of-god-with-morgan-freeman/articles/how-the-ancient-religions-viewed-the-afterlife/Marcus Aurelius Book VII v. 32; VIII v. 58. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15877/15877-h/15877-h.htmSeneca: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/Letter_102Epictetus # CXXX: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/871/871-h/871-h.htm
