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Understanding that death is nothing to us makes mortal life enjoyable, by taking away the longing for immortality

Drawn from what Epicurus said

SubjectAI sentience
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AI sentience Whether there is anything it is like to be one of these systems, and whether the question is even well posed.

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What Epicurus actually said

  1. Epicurus Founder of Epicureanism (341 to 270 BCE)
    Accustom thyself to believe that death is nothing to us, for good and evil imply sentience, and death is the privation of all sentience; therefore a right understanding that death is nothing to us makes the mortality of life enjoyable, not by adding to life an illimitable time, but by taking away the yearning after immortality.

    Where this was said

    ↗Letter to Menoeceus and Principal Doctrines, in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book X (tr. Robert Drew Hicks, 1925)en.wikisource.org

    c. 341–270 BCE

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