The fear of death is indeed the pretence of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being the appearance of knowing the unknown.
PlatoI know too well that these arguments from probabilities are imposters, and unless great caution is observed in the use of them, they are apt to be deceptive.
PlatoThe soul takes flight to the world that is invisible but there arriving she is sure of bliss and forever dwells in paradise.
PlatoThe science [geometry] is pursued for the sake of the knowledge of what eternally exists, and not of what comes for a moment into existence, and then perishes.
Plato