Personal Narrative: The Only Fear Of Dying In The Apology

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In “Apology,” Socrates takes a bold stance in saying that he does not fear death as most men do, because “no one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man” (33). In the third dialogue, Socrates does not speak of death with glee as he does in the second, most likely for the reason that it would be upset to his dear friend Crito to hear again. However, Socrates’ readiness to shoot down the plan to flee Athens and his ultimate decision to serve out his punishment imply that Socrates’ views on death mist have remained constant and suggest that he was in fact ready to meet death. Just as Socrates welcomes death with open arms at the beginning of his trial, he remains calmly and fearlessly anticipates the execution during his final

“I’m not afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens” said by Woody Allen. This is an interesting quote because some way somehow we can relate to it. Death is something that we do not think about all the time and we are scared to get into that topic. Sometimes we think about death that we overdoing it. According to Socrates, he does not fear death nevertheless he thinks we shouldn’t either. Death is nothing to fear. He gives a few arguments to support his claim that death is something we should not fear.

When people fear death too much, it causes them to go blind to everything around them. It causes them to stop thinking about the wonderful things in life, and it causes them to stop seeing everything there is to see in the short amount of time that we have here on earth. Instead, it places a curtain over their eyes and mind, and it only allows them to think about one thing; the fear of their death.

Cozy coffee shops, warm summers, friendly hugs…1.2.3. Disastrous events occur all the time. We are always aware that someone, somewhere in the world, is hurtling forwards into tragedy. Tragic endings leave behind unanswered questions, unfulfilled dreams, unspoken thoughts. Those who love you are left behind, in the dust of your presence, spent to forever remember only your memory, not your existence. Crisp slices of toast, piping hot cups of tea, fresh strawberries…1.2.3. We all tend to forget an end exists. We spend our lives compiling as many happy memories as we can, fully enjoying the good days, deeply mourning the sad ones. When tragedy strikes, only then are we reminded that the end is there, and we scurry and try once again to make the most out of

Everyone consciously or subconsciously is afraid of death because we don’t really know what happens after we die. Many people wonder if our population is growing how can reincarnation be real. Three lines of evidence demonstrate reincarnation is real. There have been multiple stories where young children have remembered parts of their past life leading to the idea of reincarnation. Doctors have done multiple studies on patients that have had near death experiences (NEDs) and what they experienced. Many of the patients said they saw a bright tunnel or encountered spirits. Plato said you will never sleep as in you will never be dead for good and, you will always end up coming back to life.

Socrates’ teachings of philosophy are to reveal thinking in its true purity. His principles and teachings are very important to him as a person. It is arguable that at the end of the Apology, Socrates contrasts the meaning of a political martyr. According to Merriam Webster Dictionary, a martyr is, “A person who sacrifices something of great value and especially life itself for the sake of principle.” Socrates has no fear of death in its entirety because he believes that death is the deepest sleep or migration. Therefore, he sees the afterlife as a placeholder for the world and things that reality can no longer produce.

I could have avoided all that trouble if only I had remembered to bring both sets of recovery chains, the 20-footer I always keep under the passenger seat next to my cherry air freshener wasn’t long enough to stretch its limbs across the freezing, deep snow. As I stare at the silver Nissan frontier buried up to its frame in snow and cinder I ponder the possible routes I may be able to crawl along; I need to traverse 30 feet to get close enough to the distressed street tires, screeching and melting the snow as the inexperienced driver attempts to outrace the impassible predicament like the Road Runner narrowly escaping the grips of Wile E Coyote. The absence of moonlight makes perfect circumstances to admire the thousands of stars stretched

At many points throughout the Apology, Socrates insists that death is not bad. As he says, “To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what ones does not know” (pg. 33). However, it is not until page 38 when he begins his discussion of the issue in depth by saying, “Let us reflect in this way, too, that there is good hope that death is a blessing.” When considering death,

Kenzie spun the wheel after everything calmed down and we were finally able to breathe. Her game piece moved to a gray space. I spun the wheel afterwards, meeting a gray space as well. Joel was next and he spun the wheel, just missing red by one space. Kenzie spun the wheel, and her tombstone moved 8 spaces and stopped just in front of Joel's. She landed on red. We looked at each other, the dead silence adding to the suspense as she took a red card from the deck. She read it slowly, her hands were noticeably shaking as she held the card in her hand.

It was obvious in the whole content of Apology that Socrates doesn’t fear death. He looks at it in a positive way. He started his discussion by reflecting that death is a blessing. That it was either imaginary or merely transporting

The Death of Socrates is a death beautiful. The horror is entirely absent from it. Socrates could not to fear death, because it frees us from the body. [...] Death is the friend of the soul.

I don't have anything to say really, I can't bring myself to forgive either you guys or me. I'm overreacting, I know that, you know that, but I have this kind of feeling that I shouldn't quite forgive any of us yet. But, in order for me to get to that point, we need to have a discussion in this group chat, preferably all at the same time, but separate times can work if needed. This sounds weird to me, like you're all crawling and begging for mercy in front of a king, like my forgiveness is valuable and an earned thing and it's not. It should not be an endeavor. Most of this is blame on me, I'm stubborn, like really obstinate. I kind of feel like we're drifting apart. And by that I mean, I'm veering away from the 4 of you as a group. I mean, I'm not even supposed to be

Fear of the unknown can be a fear of the dark or fear of what happens after we die. Children often experience fear of the dark typically because they imagined a danger like a monster that may be in the room but they cannot see inside to assure them that their perceived danger is absent. This fear of the unknown could result in the child hiding under his/her blankets or running to another family member’s room for safety. Similarly, people fear what happens when they die because there is no certainty other than someone’s faith or belief. Even being a person who experienced near death, I could not relieve someone’s fear by explaining that my experience was mind-blowing and amazing. Not only could their experience be different, but I do not know anything about what would have happened next.

First off, I would like to ask my audience to bear with me. I do not ask for your forgiveness for what I’ve done is certainly, utterly unforgivable even by my own constantly wavering morals; right and wrong, in my mind, is nothing but a code of conduct that one simply chooses to follow and I so abruptly chose not to, as you, my audience, will see.