Zeno, founder of Stoicism, viewed death with calm clarity. To him, death was a natural event — not a moral one. He believed honour came not from how long we lived, but how we lived. When Zeno died, it was said he fell, broke his toe, and quoted a line from tragedy: 'I come, why do you call me?' Then he died by holding his breath. Not from despair — but from choosing when his time had come. He met death as a friend, not an enemy.