Monday, March 9, 2026

Lucan

Lucan (c. 39-65)

“Why am I terrified by the sight of an empty image?
Either the departed soul senses nothing after death—
or death itself is nothing.”

  • From Lucan’s Civil War (Book 3, between lines 21-45), translated by Matthew Fox (Penguin Classics, 2012).

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