Great Books Ep 5: The Tomb or the Ash: What is dead may never die

Is burial better or cremation? Or other mechanisms? There are arguments on both sides. But the hope is that everyone moves towards a sustainable option in the future.

Aeneas sprang from his chariot armed with shield and spear, fearing lest the Achaeans should carry off the body. He bestrode it as a lion in the pride of strength, with shield and spear before him and a cry of battle on his lips - resolute to kill the first that should dare face him.

~ The Iliad - Book V (Samuel Butler Translation. p33 / v297)

Brief Summ…