Philosophy 101
Bill Haley
28 March 2014
Socrates
Socrates believed that philosophy prepares the soul for the separation of the body when it is time for us to die. Also, he insisted that death is not necessarily a bad thing. Socrates had two views on death, that is to be nonexistent or something happens to the soul at death and gets transported to another world. I disagree with his opinions on death because he says that death is like a “dreamless sleep” and he does not consider what could happen to the soul after death. If Socrates says that death is like a dreamless sleep, we would be able to wake up afterward. The definition of sleep a state of partial unconsciousness in people and animals, during which voluntary