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[from 'fragments/reports' by Democritus, in 29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality ]

Full Idea

Democritus says the soul is destructible, and is destroyed together with the whole body.

Gist of Idea

The soul is destroyed with the body

Source

report of Democritus (fragments/reports [c.431 BCE], A109) by Pseudo-Plutarch - On the Doctrine of the Philosophers 4.7.4

Book Reference

Democritus: 'Early Greek Phil VII: Democritus', ed/tr. Laks,A/Most,G [Harvard Loeb 2016], p.197


A Reaction

This is the only belief possible for Democritus, since everything, including life and soul, is just the confluence of atoms, and they are regularly dispersed. This is the epitome of materialist philosophy.