Lucretius believes that there is no afterlife. He says religion wants us to think there is an afterlife, so that we will be scared in this life. We will be worried that if we do not behave, we will not be rewarded in the afterlife. Lucretius believes that there is no afterlife, and therefore there is nothing to be afraid of. Thomas Aquinas however, believes that the soul will live on after the body dies. He claims that the human soul is incorruptible, it will not go out of existence.

Lucretius believes that both the body and soul are material, however, Thomas Aquinas believes that the body is material but the soul is form. He says that form and matter are always found together. Aquinas also says that the human soul is subsistent, in tha

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