The Philosophy Of Death: Islam, Epicurus And Plato

Of late, I have been overtaken by the thought of death and how it subtly creeps in on one. I previously wrote of my first encounter with it as a child, and I believe from thereon my understanding of it has been distorted by fear. Much like when an individual in a closed society fears speaking against an authoritarian regime, death is in some sort the one tyranny we cannot protest against.