Socrates Perception on Death Socrates is a man who went through life with a very distinct and ironic attitude toward death, incomparable to the ordinary person. Socrates believed that the gods would not let a good man be harmed in life or death, and when it is his time for death the gods will call upon him. He also claims that death is nothing someone should fear. To fear in death is to disobey the …showed first 75 words of 717 total…

…showed last 75 words of 717 total…his mind. When Socrates is conversing with Crito in prison, he exemplifies this by saying, “I am the kind of man who listens only to the argument that on reflection seems best to me. I cannot, now that this fate has come upon me, discard the arguments I used: they seem to me much the same.” Therefore, Socrates cannot change his previous argument because it might fit him better at the present time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**