Can the way a philosopher goes out in the end shed some light on what he or she believed while living? That’s the opinion of New School professor of philosophy Simon Critchley, an Englishman whose darkly funny new read The Book of Dead Philosophers chronicles the final gasps of a litany of greats, from Plato to Simone de Beauvoir. (Side note: we particularly enjoy the cover.)

After the jump, Critchley answers Flavorwire’s big question: What does he think happens after we die?

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