Socrates's View Of Death
Although he hated the idea of death, he saw a positive aspect to it. He viewed death as a condition where ad no perception of anything, and as a change of the soul from one place to another. He confessed that finding himself in Hades would be a good thing if it meant escaping the corrupt jurymen (Apology, 43e).Being one of the most intriguing and influential thinkers in his time, Socrates argued that death can be viewed as the separation of one’s soul from one’s body.
Socrates discloses that most philosophers distance themselves from bodily pleasures such as sex, food, and expensive clothing, to concentrate on the welfare of their souls. In turn, they strive to disassociate bodily pleasures from the soul. Socrates believed that true wisdom, …show more content…
While in the conquest to search for truth, philosophers have reached a state that people may best describe as close to death.Socrates mentions that only the philosopher who would not fear death would truly be known to have self-control and courage. If every single but philosopher fear death, then the only reason that would have a "brave" non-philosopher face death would be through the fear of something deemed worse than death.For this reason, an unexamined life is insignificant any unworthy of living. One must seek out knowledge and wisdom prior to private interests.
From the speech Plato presented in his defense, he explained that his goal was to help individuals in achieving true self-knowledge, even if it would turn out to be negative. Even after being sentenced to death by the jury, the ruling did not waver him, but instead he tranquilly delivered his final public words, which were a speculation of what the future has in store for human beings. He says that we are mistaken if one thinks that a man worth something at all would spend any amount of his time weighing up the forecasts of life and death (Apology 44). He expresses enduring buoyancy in the power of reason, one that he has shown, while the jury has
Socrates discloses that most philosophers distance themselves from bodily pleasures such as sex, food, and expensive clothing, to concentrate on the welfare of their souls. In turn, they strive to disassociate bodily pleasures from the soul. Socrates believed that true wisdom, …show more content…
While in the conquest to search for truth, philosophers have reached a state that people may best describe as close to death.Socrates mentions that only the philosopher who would not fear death would truly be known to have self-control and courage. If every single but philosopher fear death, then the only reason that would have a "brave" non-philosopher face death would be through the fear of something deemed worse than death.For this reason, an unexamined life is insignificant any unworthy of living. One must seek out knowledge and wisdom prior to private interests.
From the speech Plato presented in his defense, he explained that his goal was to help individuals in achieving true self-knowledge, even if it would turn out to be negative. Even after being sentenced to death by the jury, the ruling did not waver him, but instead he tranquilly delivered his final public words, which were a speculation of what the future has in store for human beings. He says that we are mistaken if one thinks that a man worth something at all would spend any amount of his time weighing up the forecasts of life and death (Apology 44). He expresses enduring buoyancy in the power of reason, one that he has shown, while the jury has