The main argument presented by Socrates is that death is actually a good rather than something that is bad when it comes to philosophy and seeking truth. Ultimate truth is not something that can be found in this life since our souls are still connected to our bodies in this state. True philosophers, at all times, are preparing for the separation of their souls from their bodies. This idea of death is the ultimate purification, in that the hindrance of their bodies no longer holds them back from achieving the knowledge of our existence. While in the Apology and Crito, Socrates does not keenly delve upon the idea of the separation of soul and body, however he does speak about the soul according to the material, and how the physical detaches the
