Plato's dialogue called "Phaedo" describes the last day of Socrates' life and his death. In this dialogue, Socrates discusses the immortality of the soul, and he accepts his death by drinking hemlock as sentenced by the Athenian court. Socrates remains calm and philosophical throughout his final moments, reflecting his belief in the importance of virtue and the pursuit of knowledge.
Socrates admitted that he was ignorant about the nature of death. He did not know whether it was nothing or something. If it turned out to be something and justice is real, then, since he had lived a just life, death could turn out to be a reward greater than life. .
Socrates believed that the soul is immortal and that it exists before and after the body dies. He thought that the soul is the essence of a person and continues to exist even after death.
Socrates was found guilty of impiety and corrupting the youth by an Athenian court in 399 BC. He was sentenced to death by drinking hemlock. However, many scholars believe that these charges were unjustified and that Socrates was a victim of political scapegoating.
Socrates chose to take hemlock in 399 BC. He was tried for impiety and sentenced to take his own life.
Phaedo
the last day of Socrates' life and his death.
The Death of Socrates was created in 1787.
Plato's dialogue called "Phaedo" describes the last day of Socrates' life and his death. In this dialogue, Socrates discusses the immortality of the soul, and he accepts his death by drinking hemlock as sentenced by the Athenian court. Socrates remains calm and philosophical throughout his final moments, reflecting his belief in the importance of virtue and the pursuit of knowledge.
i think they do believe in life after death
Socrates admitted that he was ignorant about the nature of death. He did not know whether it was nothing or something. If it turned out to be something and justice is real, then, since he had lived a just life, death could turn out to be a reward greater than life. .
Socrates ,for one.
Socrates
Socrates believed that the soul is immortal and that it exists before and after the body dies. He thought that the soul is the essence of a person and continues to exist even after death.
Metempsychosis is a belief in life after death; and in the quest of this concept we can trace it in the philosophical undercurrent of the Greek Civilization that the ancient Greeks believed in some form of life after death; and that belief was very much near the idea of rebirth as the ancient Hindus had. It is astonishing that when Socrates was about to consume Hemlock as according to the dictates of the court, the philosopher in Socrates said, 'Now gentlemen, it is time to bid you goodbye; you are to stay here only to follow me after in the world next where life will continue'. Socrates wanted to mean that Hemlock could not terminate his life; and his life would continue after in some other form.
Socrates was sentenced to death by drinking hemlock.
Socrates was found guilty of impiety and corrupting the youth by an Athenian court in 399 BC. He was sentenced to death by drinking hemlock. However, many scholars believe that these charges were unjustified and that Socrates was a victim of political scapegoating.