and fear, especially of death. The false idea that a human being comes to be and perishes comes from the body, rather than the soul, which perceives reality through the mind in its purity.
The soul can enter a state of divinity--in Hades--only if it has purified itself and separated itself from the body on earth, and if not then it reincarnates in another body to continue its education. The individual who pursues bodily pleasures fears death because he identifies with the body, which will clearly disintegrate upon death.
However, the soul that has followed the philosophic path does not fear death because that individual knows that the soul will be freed from the struggle with the desires of the body upon death. The body do
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