Should Socrates Fear Death

In the ancient Greek, Meletus, Anytus and Lycon among others strongly opposed Socrates. The major source of opposition towards Socrates arose when Socrates investigated things and made the voice of the weaker stronger,by questioning the acts of the rulers who had been voted. The subject of, if someone should fear death, is one of the matters that Socrates strongly evaluated and criticized basing on what other rulers had said. The proceeding chapters will focus on who was Socrates, what are the reasons for fearing death, are the reasons for fearing death satisfying? And finally if the author fears death. Socrates is a great philosopher, who uses the method of maieutics or the eclectic method to teach people. Additionally, Socrates uses argumentive dialogue between individuals by asking questions and answers to stimulate critical thinking and to draw out ideas clearly from

To begin with, no one knows if death is good or bad. Socrates argues that death may be one of the greatest blessings that man has. No one knows whether death does not even happen to be the greatest of all goods for the human being, (West). Ironically, people fear death as if it is one of the worst evils. Secondly, one should not fear death because of injustices. According to Socrates, one should not fear death and hence end up doing unjust things. Furthermore, Socrates argues that one should not opt to commit what is not right as a way of escaping death, whereby death might not be bad in comparison to what the unjust thing they are doing. Thirdly, one should fear of the things that they are certain. Since no man is certain that death is good or bad, they should not fear death. For to fear death, men, is in fact nothing, other than to seem wise, but not so, for it is to seem to know what one does not know, (West). Therefore, Socrates implies that someone should fear death if only they are certain about