Living in light of the third death.

On being remembered (and forgotten).

Mors trium temporum.

Translated as death in three times, the ancients Stoics used the term to describe the three deaths we will all experience:

1. our physical death

2. when we’re laid to rest

3. and when our name is spoken by someone for the last time.

If that last one felt heavy…it was supposed to.

The Stoics were known for meditating on their own mortality, not f…