According to Marcus Aurelius in the Meditations

a. longer lives are necessarily better than shorter ones.
b. it makes no difference in the end whether you live a long life or a short one: either way you are going to die.
c. death is the greatest evil.
d. life is a bottomless pit of muck and despair.


Ans: b. it makes no difference in the end whether you live a long life or a short one: either way you are going to die.

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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