Phaedo (Focus Philosophical Library)

Qu'est-ce, en effet, que craindre la mort, citoyens, sinon se prétendre en possession d'un savoir que l'on n'a point ? En définitive, cela revient à prétendre savoir ce que l'on ne sait point. Car personne ne sait ce qu'est la mort, ni même si elle ne se trouve pas être pour l'homme le plus grand des biens, et pourtant les gens la craignent comme s

Let him that is endued with Mind know himself to be immortal and that the cause of death is the love of the body; and let him learn all things that are, for he who has recognized himself enters into the state of Good.’

From Pythagoras (whether by way of Socrates or not) Plato derived the Orphic elements in his philosophy: the religious trend, the belief in immortality, the other-worldliness, the priestly tone, and all that is involved in the simile of the cave; also his respect for mathematics, and his intimate intermingling of intellect and mysticism. From Parme

Élevée au rang de mythe fondateur de la philosophie, l’Apologie de Socrate expose les exigences d’une vie vertueuse telle que la défend Socrate : amour du savoir, souci du vrai, recherche de l’acte et du mot justes.

and we shall see that there is great reason to hope that death is a good; for one of two things—either death is a state of nothingness and utter unconsciousness, or, as men say, there is a change and migration of the soul from this world to another. Now if you suppose that there is no consciousness, but a sleep like the sleep of him who is undistur