The dead are dead because they lead a flavourless and unhappy existence in the Underworld. Those who for practical purposes are dead, but nevertheless exist and dwell in all happiness in the Islands of the Blest or Elysium, are called Immortals. So life and death are qualities of existence, not lack of it.
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Greeks and death
After death there is no annihilation.
The dead are dead because they lead a flavourless and unhappy existence in the Underworld. Those who for practical purposes are dead, but nevertheless exist and dwell in all happiness in the Islands of the Blest or Elysium, are called Immortals. So life and death are qualities of existence, not lack of it.
The dead are dead because they lead a flavourless and unhappy existence in the Underworld. Those who for practical purposes are dead, but nevertheless exist and dwell in all happiness in the Islands of the Blest or Elysium, are called Immortals. So life and death are qualities of existence, not lack of it.
