Apology Recently we have heard the death of a greater leader, Socrates. He was poisoned as punishment for “corupting” the youth, which he was inaccurately convicted of. Socrates was a great man, he lived his life to the fullest. He seeked out knowledge to better himself and to become wiser and more virtuous every day. Socrates had the courage to stand up for what he belived in, and because of this, he was wrongly convicted and put to death because the Judges were scared of losing their athority. As Socrates said himself, “I would rather die having spoken after my manner, than speak in your manner and live. For neither in war nor yet at law ought I or any man to use every way of escaping death” (329). We should stand for what we believe even if it means our death, for there is no reason to fear death. As Socrates said, “death is a good; for one thing-either death is a state of nothingness and utter unconsciousness, or, as men say, there is a change and migration of the soul from this world to another” (330). Death is inevitable, so don’t fear it, as Socrates says “that to die is gain” (331). But, as you wait for death, use your life wisely, create a better life for yourself and other. …show more content…
Life will not get better unless you make it better for youself and the people around you. Your friends, your families, your loved ones, and the future generations. Do not let people, who put other people down to make them look better run your life. Socrates said, to the Judges, “if you think that by killing men you can prevent someone from censuring your evil lives, you are mistaken; that is not away of escape which is either possible of honorable; the easiest and the noblest way is not to be disabling others, but to be improving yourselves” (330). Make the lives of yourself and others better by bettering yourself instead putting others down and standing up for what you think is