8 hours ago · Global
Gradual decay or sudden destruction? Ancient philosophers on the end of the world
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What we know
Fearing future catastrophe is nothing new – ancient Greek and Roman philosophers all visualized the apocalypse Do your feelings of existential dread extend beyond your own personal mortality? Do they include fears about the survival of our culture and institutions, our species, nonhuman life and the Earth itself?
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Gradual decay or sudden destruction? Ancient philosophers on the end of the world
- New development reported by The Guardian UK
How to face the end of the world – according to Plato and the Stoics
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- The Guardian