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1. www.worldhistory.org › article › 825Plato's Greater, Better World in The Last Days of Socrates

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   Apr 11, 2023 · The Last Days of Socrates is a modern-day title for the collection of four Socratic dialogues by the Greek philosopher Plato – the Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo – telling the story of the trial, imprisonment, and death of Socrates and presenting Plato's vision of the ideal philosopher and a life lived in pursuit of ultimate truth.

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2. classical-inquiries.chs.harvard.edu › the-lastThe Last Words of Socrates at the Place where he Died

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   Mar 27, 2015 · The mystical logic of worshipping the dead Asklepios is that he died for humanity: he died because he had the power to bring humans back to life. §5. So, Asklepios is the model for keeping the voice of the rooster alive. And, for Socrates, Asklepios can become the model for keeping the word alive. §6.

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4. www.thecollector.com › why-is-socrates-death-stillWhy Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed? - TheCollector

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   Jan 23, 2024 · Here are five reasons why his death is still discussed thousands of years later. Socrates was an ancient philosopher who lived in Athens during the fifth century BCE. His teachings have gone on to influence Western philosophy, particularly regarding wisdom, virtue, and justice. One of his most enduring legacies, though, is his death.

5. greekreporter.com › 2024/08/21 › socrates-viewsSocrates’ Views on Death Will Help You Deal With Fear

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   Aug 21, 2024 · Socrates, who lived from 470–399 BC, the Greek thinker from Athens, is credited as a founder of Western philosophy; one of the greatest minds of all time, Socrates’ views on death made him go down in history for his cheerful taking of poison after being sentenced for his radical ideas. As the first moral philosopher of the Western ethical ...

6. www.cambridge.org › core › journalsSocrates on life and death (Plato, Apology 40C5–41C7)

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   Mar 6, 2012 · In a familiar passage at the end of Plato's Apology, Socrates offers an account of what he believes will happen to us when we die.As in the Phaedo, it is his impending death that prompts Socrates to speculate about the nature of the afterlife: as soon as his verdict is announced, Socrates turns to the jury to gloss on his sentencing.

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   Sep 20, 2022 · The Death of Socrates – Jacques-Louis David (1787) Public domain. If again I say that to talk every day about virtue and the other things about which you hear me talking and examining myself and ...

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   How did Socrates die?

   • Socrates was an ancient philosopher who lived in Athens during the fifth century BCE. His teachings have gone on to influence Western philosophy, particularly regarding wisdom, virtue, and justice. One of his most enduring legacies, though, is his death. In 399 BC, a jury of Athenians deemed him a threat to the city’s youth, and he was killed.

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   Who wrote the last days of Socrates?

   • The Last Days of Socrates is a modern-day title for the collection of four Socratic dialogues by the Greek philosopher Plato – the Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo – telling the story of the trial, imprisonment, and death of Socrates and presenting Plato's vision of the ideal philosopher and a life lived in pursuit of ultimate truth.

   Plato's Greater, Better World in The Last Days of Socrates

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   What does Socrates say at the end of Plato's Apology?

   • In a familiar passage at the end of Plato's Apology, Socrates offers an account of what he believes will happen to us when we die. As in the Phaedo, it is his impending death that prompts Socrates to speculate about the nature of the afterlife: as soon as his verdict is announced, Socrates turns to the jury to gloss on his sentencing.

   Socrates on life and death (Plato, Apology 40C5–41C7)

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   Does Socrates fear death?

   • While his defence in the Apology was already audacious, Socrates' closing speech appears even more provocative. Among other things, he declares that he has no reason to fear death, but that, on the contrary, the death penalty he received only moments before may well be considered a blessing.

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   Was Socrates convicted if he was sentenced to death?

   • Accused criminals on trial for their life were expected to beg for the mercy of the court, not presume to heroic accolades. Socrates was convicted and sentenced to death (Xenophon tells us that he wished for such an outcome and Plato's account of the trial in his Apology would seem to confirm this).

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   What did Socrates say in his dying words?

   • So I come back to my question about the meaning of the last words of Socrates, when he says, in his dying words: don’t forget to sacrifice a rooster to Asklepios. As I begin to formulate an answer, I must repeat something that I have already highlighted.

   The Last Words of Socrates at the Place where he Died

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9. www.open.edu › thinkers › the-death-socratesThe Death of Socrates | OpenLearn - Open University

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   Jul 24, 2019 · The last days of Socrates are chronicled in Plato's Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo, the last dialogue depicting the day of his death (by drinking hemlock) surrounded by his friends in his jail cell in Athens and, as Plato puts it, "Such was the end of our friend, a man, I think, who was the wisest and justest, and the best man I have ever ...