"Death is nothing to us."
Argument:
Premise: Death is lack of awareness.Premise: It is only through awareness that there is good or bad.
Intermediate Conclusion: So, death is neither good nor bad.
I.e., "there is nothing terrible in not living."
Conclusion: So, you should not fear death.
"[T]hat which gives no trouble when it comes, is but an empty pain in anticipation."
"[T]herefore, a right understanding that death is nothing to us makes the mortality of life enjoyable, . . . because it takes away the craving for immortality."