Be a philosopher;but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
Why does the author imply that the two can be mutually exclusive? Isn't being a true man, or human, all about contemplating life, and whatever that is beyond it, philosophically?
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Those, for example, who have carelessly practicedgluttony, violence,anddrunkenness are likely to join a company ofdonkeys or of similaranimals. Do you not thinkso?
Is he saying that those who are too attached to the physical aspects of life, and their bodily activities, get reincarnated? Is he saying that getting reincarnated is a punishment of being trapped in another body, and not having their souls being freed to be a part of all things divine?
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will the soul,being of thiskindandnature,be scatteredanddestroyedon leaving thebody, as the majority of men say?
I love how he took all that to get to the point of just saying that the soul will not scatter through the wind, while he could have just said that it was not physical. He was being very patient, and very wise about his choice if metaphors, and route of delivering his point.
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But when the soul investigatesby itself it passes into the realm ofdwhat is pure, ever existing, immortal andunchanging, andbeing akinto this, it always stays with it whenever it isby itself andcando so; itceases to stray andremains in the same state as it is in touch with thingsof the samekind,andits experience then is what is calledwisdom?
It is fascinating how he could get to such conclusions about something he had never really known about, or seen, and describe it so perfectly.
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Cebes laughedandsaid: Assuming that we were afraid, Socrates, tryto change our minds, or ratherdo not assume that we are afraid,butperhaps there is a childin us who has these fears; try to persuade himnot to feardeath likeabogey.
I feel like Cebes was trying to act like he was joking, but deep inside, he was seriously fearful of death, and needed the reassurance from Socrates that it was going to be okay.
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I thinkthe true philosopherdespises them.
I think he kept proving that a true philosopher should not really care for life, and the things it includes.
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“Cebes is always on the track63of some arguments; he is certainly not willing tobe at once convincedby what one says.”
Whether Socrates meant to mock at Cebes in the sense of being playful, or was actually arguing with him, it fascinates me how he had it in him to go into such a deep conversation hours before his execution. It says a lot about the man he is, and his beliefs.
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I go to die, you go to live. Whichofus goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.
His choice of wording is fascinating. They sentenced him to death because of believing that he is an atheist, but his last words were that only God knew whether or not he was off to a better place.
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Thisperhaps had to happen, and I think it is as it should be.
He was wise enough to think that his sentence to death is something that had to happen, that it was destiny, and made his peace with it.
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Perhaps one ofyou might be angry as hecrecalls that when he himselfstood trial on a less dangerous charge, hebegged and implored the jurymen with many tears, that he broughthis children and many ofhisfriends andfamily into court to arouseas much pity as he could, but that I do none ofthese things, eventhough I may seem to be running the ultimate risk.
He explains how his case, and what he stands by is enough of a defence, and that he does not need to shed a single tear, or have some pity from the public in order for him to be set free.
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I, on the other hand, have a convincing witness that I speakthe truth, my poverty.
He uses his financial state to proof that he is not doing this for the money. Socrates explains that he had never received any payments for his approach to people, and that he was simply doing it because he actually cared for them, and the living proof is how unhealthy he is to an extent that he claims to even be poor.
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ifyou kill the sort ofman I say I am, you will not harm me more thanyourselves
He tries here to explain how the matter is not about him defending himself, and trying to save his life. The matter is more about saving the society from the ignorance that Socrates believes is to come upon the city if his wisdom was not passed along to the people of Athens, saying that it would harm them for him to die, more than it is to harm him.
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This has destroyed many other good men andbwill, I think, continue to do so. There is no danger that it will stop at me.
Socrates seems to had already lost hope in changing their minds. He was trying to do what is right, and stand by his opinion, even though he didn't truly believe that any of this would aid in making the public - or Meletus for this matter - to believe that he was telling the truth, and understand that truth.
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You, however, have avoided my company and were unwill-ing to instruct me, but you bring me here, where the law requires oneto bring those who are in need ofpunishment, not ofinstruction.
Socrates asked Meletus's own answers to prove him wrong, which is very intelligent, and demeans from his position, and the accuracy of his claims.
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“This man among you, mortals, is wisest who, like Socrates,understands that his wisdom is worthless.”
More proof on his - nothing but - humane wisdom.
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they knew thingsI did not know, and to that extent they were wiser than I
He is wise because of his constant need of finding out more; especially finding out whether or not he really was "the wisest", as claimed of him. It also shows how humble he was, and that his wisdom is just being thought by him as a part of being human, when he called it "human wisdom".
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unless one ofthem is a writer ofcomedies.
He mocks at what the public pays attention to, making them seem like they have no real interest in the situation.
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Moreover, these accusers are numerous,and have been at it a long time; also, they spoke to you at an agewhen you would most readily believe them, some ofyou being childrenand adolescents, and they won their case by default, as there wasno defense.
I feel like he created some sort of a paradox, in which an endless loop of questioning who are the accusers, and who are the believers.
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That they were not ashamed to be immediately proved wrong bybthefacts, when I show myselfnot to be an accomplished speaker atall, that I thought was most shameless on their part—unless indeedthey call an accomplished speaker the man who speaks the truth.
He tries to prove his point by playing a mind game with the public, making them doubt their own-selves, and the way they view things. I think it is a very smart way of manipulating them to think in his direction.
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an accomplished speaker likeme
It is interesting how he is okay with speaking in that manner in public about himself, considering the situation.
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