Socrates gave the argument that there is hope that death is a blessing. However, saying that there is just simply hope that death is a good thing/blessing, is not saying that is absolutely is a good thing/blessing. If someone believes that death is a blessing, then the natural fear of death may disappear and they could live a better, happier life. Socrates does not actually know what death is and whether it is a good or bad thing. In fact, he considers two views of death: “either like being nothing and the dead person has no perception of anything in accordance with the things that are said, it happens to be a sort of change and migration of the soul from one place to another” (40c), “if the dead have no perception of anything, it is like
