Provides an accessible account of the variety and subtlety of Greek and Roman philosophy of death, from Homer to Marcus Aurelius.

Re-examines the concept of immortality in ancient philosophy from the Presocratics to Augustine.

The belief in the immortality of the soul has been described as one of the “twin pillars of Platonism” and is famously defended by Socrates in Plato’s Pha

The fact that we will die, and that our death can come at any time, pervades the entirety of our living. There are many ways to think about and deal with death.

This Handbook consists of 21 new essays on the nature and value of death, the relevance of the metaphysics of time and personal identity for questions about dea