Death,--a Stopping Of Impressions Through The Senses, And Of The Pulling
Of The Cords Of Motion, And Of The Ways Of Thought, And Of Service
To The Flesh.
Death,--a stopping of impressions through the senses, and of the pulling
of the cords of motion, and of the ways of thought, and of service
to the flesh.
-- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD)
-- Meditations, vi, 28