From Poison to Cow Dung: A History of Philosophers' Deaths

[108ravinjay]

Who died out of cow dung?

[Roperious]

This is total BS. Besides, he could be making this stuff up and how can we prove him wrong? I'm pretty sure that's the fallacy of non-falsifiability.

[Hopeless03]

That's hilarious. Aquinas died epically!

[WarThemedRevolution]

@variablast They were not really big on hanging people at that time, so it is much more likely that he was indeed nailed to a cross. That is what the Romans, Gnostics, and Ebionites all claimed. The Pharisees disagree but still say he was executed...just in a way that doesn't make them look as monstrous.

[WarThemedRevolution]

@variablast We can be pretty certain that Jesus was crucified. Ignoring the 27 texts later amalgamated into the New Testament of the bible, we have Gnostic texts agreeing he was crucified. The texts of the Pharisees suggest that they sent him to be executed after a fair trial, and by hanging. But Roman law at that time said that non-citizens (especially Jews like Christ,) should be crucified when executed. Citizens were to be decapitated.

[imokicur2]

Try spelling them!

[soultorment27]

since when can one die by holding one's breath? is that even possible?

[VivekRajcoomar]

no it is not.

[Druwg]

@VivekRajcoomar great argument there.

[MrPuffyable]

Many philosophers were killed for expressing their opinions, and evidence in public.

[ThinkWithYourMind223]

"Always beware mobs of Christians. Especially if they have oyster shells."

Good advice. lol!

[SisyphusRedeemed]

On his death bed Voltaire was asked to renounce the devil. His dying words were "Now, now, my good man, this is no time to be making enemies."

[Mrmoc7]

@VivekRajcoomar

No, not this guy; look at how he makes fun of his family; he's not the pretentious one.

[stanbearpig]

that was very interesting that guy is very articulate i like this video

[thesparitan]

what about camus

[24LakerGirl]

bad luck. car crash.

[lumpfish99]

nice tales....many are just that though...... tales......

[freesk8]

Socrates willingly drank hemlock after his conviction for things he did not do.

He wasn't in this clip. Perhaps he is mentioned in the full video.

[FreeInquisition]

Maybe because there's a good chance he was just a literary invention of Plato...but he still should have been in there.

[adamproskiw]

haha you cant kill yourself by holding your breath, as soon as you pass out breathing becomes automatic.

[playlifesgame]

Yeah. Driven mad by a love potion? These are probably at least 50% legends.

[ArcaneKarma]

the idea is that the "love potion" was really poison. Just as the woman's father's head falling in her lap would likely mean that someone took it down, and gave it to her.

[polymath7]

"...died by holding his breath..."

Bullshit. It simply can't be done. At worst (or best I suppose, depending on your outlook) you pass out and resume breathing involuntarily.

[Zoaguyver]

maybe it was erotic asphyxiation.....

[1RadicalOne]

How plausible are most of these, seriously?

[polymath7]

Obviously, many of them are not plausible at all.

In particular, the stories about the Greeks clearly have the ring of legend and are almost certainly apocryphal.

[Mastikator]

The really old philosophers died br00tal deaths! O_O

Is it good or is it bad that I recognize one third of these names?