Contemplating the nature of death, he presents two possibilities regarding the afterlife.

One possibility excites him, which is the migration of the soul into another existence, where he could engage in dialectic inquiry with great heroes and thinkers of the past.

The other possibility is not as fond as the first one, but he also accepts with equanimity.

That is, death is a state of complete cessation of consciousness, akin to a deep dreamless sleep.

This ancient perspective resonates with modern exploration of eternal oblivion, also known as non-existent or nothingness, predominantly associated with religious skepticism, secular humanism, nihilism, agnosticism, and atheism.

The concept posits that consciousness forever ceases upon death, kind of like being stuck in this death meeting that lasts forever with no chance of coffee.