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The Apology was supposed to represent Socrates' trial for his being a busybody and corrupting the youth. Socrates defended himself by saying that he was merely performing service to the god that said that he waswiser than anyone else. Socratesremained defiant during the sentencing portion of the trial, which led to him besentenced to death, and as such he had to face his mortality. In this paper, I will explain how he came to this conclusion,and show why this conclusion is false. At many points throughout the Apology, Socrates insists that death is not bad. As he says, "The fear of death amounts to simply thinking one is wise when oneis not. However, it is not until page 35 when he begins his discussion of theissue in depth by saying,"And …show more content…

If death is to be nonexistent, Socrates thinks it would be like a long sleep without dreaming: "Now if there is no awareness in death, but it is like sleep thekind in which the sleeper does not even dream at all then death would seem to bea marvelous gain. Socrates would like this, as he prefers not having dreams,and thinks it would seem like only a night:"because on that assumption the whole of time would seem no longer than a single night. This is how Socrates seesthe first possibility of death as being good. If deathwere like dreamless sleep, it would not seem like a single night because there is nowaking up afterwards. The actual experience of sleeping, or even dreamlesssleeping, is not actually good per se, because we are not conscious during it, whichrenders us unable to gain pleasure from it during it. We only consider it good oncewe wake up afterwards and feel rested …show more content…

Socrates thinks that there is only one place forsouls to go after death, but there could be multiple places they could go. InChristianity, the souls of the dead go to either Heaven or Hell, and it would be bad togo to Hell. There could possibly be different versions of Hell for different people, andSocrates' personal version of Hell could be isolation where he does not get to meet all the people he said he wanted to meet. There are also many other possibilities of what could happen to the soul after death, which Socrates does not consider. Whilethe good one that Socrates posited is a possibility, there are many other possibilitiesthat are not necessarily good. Now that the "Death as nonexistence possibility has been found to be bad,and the"death as something happening to the soul possibility has been found to not necessarily be good, it no longer follows that death is not a bad thing; on thecontrary, death seems very likely to be a bad thing. Socrates should have consideredthis, too, as a man who purports to be wise by realizing he knows

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No matter which path death is, death is a gain. One will either be a peaceful sleep, or a journey to another world filled with intelligent people and knowledge. He had support to his theory, but only talked about conversing with people from the past. The apology is repetitive in the last two paragraphs because Socrates desired to talk to all these different people. He did not clarify as to why living on Earth was cruel and that death was the only answer.

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With the Apology, and the Crito, Socrates comes to delve into his many teachings and finds himself put to death with the words of wisdom that have been passed down generation after generation. Socrates for many in this present day is a man of many words and great teachings, but anyone but Socrates thought differently, in Athens people thought of him as an annoyance rather than an integral part of society. As Socrates stood in front of the counsel of judges, he stood for what he thought was right and never changed opinion of himself or of his words. That’s why Socrates is still talked about in classrooms everywhere today.

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Socrates was a greek philosopher who found himself in trouble with his fellow citizens and court for standing his grounds on his new found beliefs from his studies about philosophical virtue, justice, and truth. In “Apology” written by Plato, Socrates defended himself in trial, not with the goal of escaping the death sentence, but with the goal of doing the right thing and standing for his beliefs. With this mindset, Socrates had no intention of kissing up to the Athenians to save his life. Many will argue that Socrates’ speech was not very effective because he did not fight for his life, he just accepted the death sentence that he was punished with. In his speech he said, “But now it’s time to leave, time for me to die and for you to live.”

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However, the number three cannot ever be even for it holds a natural form of oddity that cannot be changed, the same is found with immortality. A soul cannot admit to death, which is the opposite of its essence immortality just as the number three cannot admit to being even. Leading to Plato’s conclusion of how a soul then must have to retreat, connecting back to Socrates believing death is best characterized by the soul separating from

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He also believes that it is not difficult to refrain from death, but it is difficult to stay away from evil since it surrounds us all. Doing something evil and sinful will torment one’s soul forever, even after death. Socrates believes

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In Plato’s Apology, Socrates is put into trial because he is accused of corrupting the youth with his teachings that deviate from the established beliefs of the Greek society. Although he justifies that he is only doing what he believes is his duty, he reasons that even if he is given a death penalty, death is nothing to be feared. He raises multiple strong and effective arguments that explain to his audience that it is illogical to fear death. All of these arguments revolves around the central idea that death is not evil and that “no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death” (Apology, 41c). The first argument that Socrates presents during his trial is the idea that death is not the most important thing to worry about in

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“Plato Apology” relates the trial of Socrates (469-399) B.C.E known as the father of Western Philosophy. Socrates, a son of sculpture and the midwife had a queer with most Athenians due to his point of view on values and beliefs. Charged with impiety and corrupting the Youth, Socrates’ defends himself by persuading the jury of his innocence with tangible reasons which made his arguments effective.

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Socrates expresses his reasoning on the separation of body and soul. In Phaedo, Socrates is about to be executed and before he dies. He explains his logic to his friends Cebes and Simmias on the Forms and the life of a philosopher, and how they long for death, while arguing how the soul is immortal and how the death is something to look forward to. He also explains how suicide is not a viable option and what people can do to get as close to a good death is to practice dying everyday through distancing yourself away from materialistic objects. In summarization, Socrates relies on logic and reasoning to support his thought on how the soul operates even after death and what one can do to achieve a good end.

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Death has been of interest to philosophers since the ancient times. One lingering question that has yet to be definitively answered by the majority is, “Is death bad for us,”. Some philosophers believe that death is not bad for people because it elevates them to a higher state of being or an afterlife. Some philosophers also theorize that nobody can truly know what awaits a person after death, and that people should never fear the unknown. Socrates is an example of one of these philosophers.

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In Apology, Socrates faces possible execution as he stands trial in front of his fellow Athenian men. This jury of men must decide whether Socrates has acted impiously against the gods and if he has corrupted the youth of Athens. Socrates claims in his defense that he wants to live a private life, away from public affairs and teachings in Athens. He instead wants to focus on self-examination and learning truths from those in Athens through inquiry. Socrates argues that "a [man] who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if [he] is to survive for even a short time" (32a).

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Socrates’ original argument was not valid or sound. The premises were corrected but the argument needed another premise to make the conclusion true. Adding premise two takes away any confusion there was to what immortality meant. Since Socrates’ spent almost the entire book creating a just person and a just city the information about what is good and bad for a soul makes sense. It also makes sense that those things cannot destroy the soul because injustice and other vices could only lead the body to make poor choices and possibly get sick or die from those poor choices.

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To Socrates, dying is the souls separation from the body. When one dies there is a seperation of the two selves, and a judgement is made determining whether one is good or evil. Most people who have lived in power are found guilty in this judgement because a beautiful body or beautiful words can no longer disguise an evil soul. In the end, Socrates states that “this is the best way of life- to live and die in the pursuit of righteousness and all other virtues”

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The Phaedo is Plato’s last written dialogue among four chronicling the final days of Socrates, in this dialogue Plato documents the very last moments of Socrates death in his prison cell. Socrates is incarcerated due to a guilty verdict by the Athenian courts for corrupting the youth through the influence of his philosophies which are contrary to that of the Athenian state and sentenced to death. Plato’s documentation of Socrates death is based on the first-hand account of Phaedo who is narrating the events to Echecrates in the town of Phlius. According to Phaedo, Socrates was surrounded by devoted friends who upon entering Socrates cell find that he had just been released from his chains and is composing a hymn to honor Apollo. The hymn provoked a philosophical conversation in which Socrates proclaims not to fear death.

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His personal defense is described in works two of his students: Xenophon and Plato. Both of them wrote papers called Apology, which is the Greek word for “defense”. In this essay I used Apology by Plato as the main resource, since it contents a more full account of the trial of Socrates and his words. Despite the fact that the philosopher attempted to defend himself and explain the reasons for saying and doing the things he did, it did not do any good for his justification. On the contrary, Socrates’ words seemed to make the jury harden their hearts and condemn him.

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