![]() ![]() Among other things, he declares that he has no reason to fear death, but that, on the contrary, the death penalty he received only moments before may well be considered a blessing. While his defence in the Apology was already audacious, Socrates' closing speech appears even more provocative. It was unprecedented, as far as we know, for a defendant in the Athenian court to end his trial by addressing the members of the jury, but the Apology has Socrates doing just that. ![]() ![]() As in the Phaedo, it is his impending death that prompts Socrates to speculate about the nature of the afterlife: as soon as his verdict is announced, Socrates turns to the jury to gloss on his sentencing. In a familiar passage at the end of Plato's Apology, Socrates offers an account of what he believes will happen to us when we die. ![]()
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