The Relationship Between Philosophy and Death
In Plato's dialogue "Phaedo", Phaedo is the narrator and he is re-telling a conversation that he had with Socrates before his death. The backstory is that Socrates has been sentenced to death by a trial and he will be killed by poison. In the conversation Socrates gives a clear view on what he believes the relationship between philosophy and death is. Socrates does not fear death in fact he even says, " any man who has the spirit of philosophy, will be willing to die, though he will not take his own life". Meaning that no man who is a true philosopher should take his own life, but instead wait until his time when he is summoned by God. Socrates believes that through philosophy it has lead him to view death as a sign of hope and not grief. This hope comes from the idea that there is something remaining for the dead and that those who die will meet new master and friends in another world. One of the important points that Socrates talks about is that if yo...