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← Earnestness is the path to Nirvana and thoughtlessness the path of death
At the centre Earnestness is the path to Nirvana and thoughtlessness the path of death Last stated c. 500–401 BCE Holds Gautama Buddha Read this korrent →
- Similar wording A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death Last stated c. 1661–1675 Holds Baruch Spinoza
- Similar wording Fearing death is a pretence of wisdom; no one knows whether death may be the greatest good Last stated c. 399 BCE Holds Socrates
- Similar wording The impartiality that is desire for truth in contemplation is justice in action and universal love in emotion Last stated c. 1912 Holds Bertrand Russell