Analysis Of Socrates The Apology

Human beings are comprised of two separate entities, a body and soul. The soul is immortal and cycles in nature and lives an infinite number of bodies. This paper will explore the immortality of the soul as discussed by Socrates in The Apology, Crito and Phaedo and learn his great lessons regarding human life. The Apology is regarding Socrates defense of himself at the time of his trial. Socrates, a wise philosopher is brought in the courtroom and the Athenian jury convicts him on corrupting the youth and not believing in God. The Oracle of Delphi pronounced Socrates the wisest of the Greeks and the world. He went around systematically to find someone wiser than himself from the poets, politicians, and craftsman. The Socratic method made everyone …show more content…
Socrates was not afraid of death and as seen in The Apology, he mentions that during a trial many members of the audience would bring their children, cry and try to sway the jury’s opinion. He tells the audience members to reminds his sons to not seek riches but follow the path of a virtuous life. Socrates brings out the consideration that one should not be afraid of death because that would be pretending to have wisdom. The human body has a natural fear of pain, destruction, sickness and violence, but we lack the knowledge of a body’s instinctual evaluations. Thus, he claims that he is unsure whether death is bad or good. Maybe death is annihilation or phase of deep sleep, or cessation of one’s life. Death could simply be a nonevent, events of your life cycle coming to an …show more content…
Perhaps death is a change of place and Socrates believes that his conviction is based due to bad judges in this state and his death will take him to a wonderful place and thus will be vindicated, because Minos and Rhadamanthus will be the true judges. Socrates believes that the corrupt judges of Athens will not kill Socrates language and mind in his afterlife. Thus, death is a good thing if one is virtuous, and good but if a one is unjust then death is bad. Socrates places a greater emphasis on not committing deceitful actions, such as lying and considers doing philosophy as an obligation to benefit to Athenians. Socrates is sentenced to execution in The Apology and sent to prison. Socrates illustrates that it is better to serve injustice than to be unjust and thus harm the soul. To live a just life is healthy for the mind and the soul. It is easy to live of life on unjust, which may appear dominant, but eventually wrongdoers will be given a just reward. Socrates believes that one should not fear from pain of the physical body but focus on their soul. The soul is immortal and thus will accompany them after death. Socrates places a great deal of importance to one’s moral conduct and well being of the