
The Very True Story of the Death of Zeno of Citium.

A lot of ancient philosophers died in pretty weird ways.
Like Empedocles who died jumping in a Volcano to prove that...uh, he was God or something?.
Or Pythagoras who died after being chased by soldiers and refusing to enter a field of beans, because then he would be reincarnated as bean. What is so bad about being a bean, anyway?
Or Heraclitus who died after burying himself in dung to cure himself of dropsy. Medicine was a little more primitive back then.
And then there is of course Chrysippus, who died of laughter after watching a donkey try to eat figs. Comedy was also more primitive back then, remember they didn't have YouTube.
A lot of ancient philosophers died in pretty weird ways.
Like Empedocles who died jumping in a Volcano to prove that...uh, he was God or something?.
Or Pythagoras who died after being chased by soldiers and refusing to enter a field of beans, because then he would be reincarnated as bean. What is so bad about being a bean, anyway?
Or Heraclitus who died after burying himself in dung to cure himself of dropsy. Medicine was a little more primitive back then.
And then there is of course Chrysippus, who died of laughter after watching a donkey try to eat figs. Comedy was also more primitive back then, remember they didn't have YouTube.
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