This
paper explains that Plato's view of death is closely linked to his central dualistic philosophy of opposites;
people
are composed of a soul and a body, and
death is a release from the body. The author points out that Socrates believed that identity, through the continuation of the soul, will persist eternally and, for this reason,
people should not concern themselves overly with fear of death. The paper relates that Epicurus stated that to fear death is illogical, since our non-existence after death implies that we cannot be harmed or be affected by death in any way.