In Apology written by Socrates, he gives his view that if one holds both the positions, “one should look out for oneself and one’s true advantage or benefit; and one should be afraid of death and try to avoid it at all costs”, that one contradicts oneself. In this paper, I will argue that Socrates belief is right about how one contradicts oneself if they hold both the opinions previously stated. In particular, I will show that people are ignorant to what happens after death, therefore, they can not know if death is evil or hindersome. It is a safe assumption that in the statements, “one should look out for oneself and one’s true advantage or benefit; and one should be afraid of death and try to avoid it at all costs”, one believes that death
