How Should Death be Perceived
In Plato's dialogue, Socrates gives an interesting view between philosophy and death. Phaedo begins with Socrates proposing that while suicide is wrong, he believes that a true philosopher should not fear death or think of it as a bad thing. But rather, accept it and even welcome i t. According to Socrates, the soul is immortal, and we are not attached to our physical and mortal bodies. He argues that our bodies are owned by the gods, so we don't have the right to harm what is not ours, a.k.a. suicide. Socrates states that we should not fear death and welcome it because in the afterlife we will be overall happier. We all die, there is no avoiding it. So philosophers should welcome death, because really all we are preparing for in life is death. Socrates clearly takes the view of a religious person who believes in an afterlife. I personally agree with Socrates view between philosophy and death. If we do not believe in at l...