Chrysippus of Soli is said to have written 700 works, mostly lost throughout the ages. He is sometimes remembered for passing away in a fit of laughter over-seeing a donkey eating figs. The sight of donkey eating figs was so delightful to the Stoic philosopher that he exclaimed that one should give the donkey some wine to wash down the figs, upon which, he laughed until he died.

There is something very memorable and comedic about this story. I can't quite put my finger on what can be gleaned from the moral of this story... Perhaps, that life has its own way of finishing a story or ending one's journey that one would have not had anticipated. Or some other moral can be gleaned from this story.

Thoughts?