Thursday, July 26, 2012

The Last Enemy That Shall Be Destroyed Is Death

"...And then he greeted Death as an old friend, and went with him gladly, and, equals, they departed this life." -Beedle The Bard, Tale of the Three Brothers -Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. This statement captures an essence of stoic philosopher's concept of choosing suicide over non-virtuous life but another important condition is that s/he must be a wise person.