In Plato’s Phaedo, the great philosopher, Socrates presents several arguments to the way a human being should live. According to Socrates, the way a person leads their life, determines how their life will end. Achilles and Hector of Homer’s Iliad are two contrasting views on how one would live one’s life. However, it is Achilles who best fits the philosophical existence according to the views of Socrates. An argument Socrates points out …showed first 75 words of 732 total…

…showed last 75 words of 732 total…gold, / the gifts my father and noble mother will give you - / but give my body to friends to carry home again, / so Trojan men and women can do me honor/ with fitting rites of fire once I am dead.” (22.401-405) He goes against Socrates’ ideas by regarding wealth and body. CONCLUSION “And I too, if the same fate waits for me…/ I’ll lie in peace, once I’ve gone down to death.” (18.142-143)