Death Quote by Diogenes Laertius

“Euripides says,-Who knows but that this life is really death,And whether death is not what men call life?” quote by Diogenes Laertius — Download Open image

“Euripides says,-Who knows but that this life is really death,And whether death is not what men call life?”

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Plato affirmed that the soul was immortal and clothed in many bodies successively.

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