Dialogue

  1 Phaedo|       would have him follow me in death.’ ‘He is not at all the
  2 Phaedo|       thought not to be right, if death is to be accounted a good?
  3 Phaedo|           The philosopher desires death—which the wicked world will
  4 Phaedo|        What is the nature of that death which he desires? Death
  5 Phaedo|           death which he desires? Death is the separation of soul
  6 Phaedo|           come from the body. And death separates him from these
  7 Phaedo|         should he fear that other death, through which alone he
  8 Phaedo|           sleeping, waking; life, death—are generated out of each
  9 Phaedo|         for then all would end in death. The perpetual sleeper (
 10 Phaedo|          the body, and practising death all her life long, and she
 11 Phaedo|           life long, sings at his death more lustily than ever.
 12 Phaedo|           be the beginning of her death, and her last body may survive
 13 Phaedo|           good to sentence him to death, and he has thought good
 14 Phaedo|          concrete—not of life and death, but of individuals living
 15 Phaedo|        not only does life exclude death, but the soul, of which
 16 Phaedo|          attribute, also excludes death. And that of which life
 17 Phaedo|           soul on the approach of death does not perish but removes.~
 18 Phaedo|         time but to eternity. For death is not the end of all, and
 19 Phaedo|         released from his evil by death; but every one carries with
 20 Phaedo|          and that only.~For after death the soul is carried away
 21 Phaedo|           hope at the approach of death; whose voice is already
 22 Phaedo|         utters in the very act of death, which has been a puzzle
 23 Phaedo|          bestowed upon him at his death hardly last longer than
 24 Phaedo|       which is above them? And is death the assertion of this individuality
 25 Phaedo|           annihilation of evil at death, or the eternal duration
 26 Phaedo|          Does their life cease at death, or is there some ‘better
 27 Phaedo|         or a thousand years after death, and ask not what will be
 28 Phaedo|           of life is strongest in death. Even the dying mother is
 29 Phaedo|        better. At the approach of death there is not much said;
 30 Phaedo|    fulness of life the thought of death is mostly awakened by the
 31 Phaedo|      sight or recollection of the death of others rather than by
 32 Phaedo|     really weakest in the hour of death. For Nature, like a kind
 33 Phaedo|         Often, as Plato tells us, death is accompanied ‘with pleasure.’ (
 34 Phaedo|    different persons draw near to death; and still more various
 35 Phaedo|        dear to her brethren after death; the way to the palace of
 36 Phaedo|           alternation of life and death, had occurred to Heracleitus.
 37 Phaedo|   individuality of the soul after death had but a feeble hold on
 38 Phaedo|        then the soul exists after death; and if there is no God,
 39 Phaedo|       existence of the soul after death.’ For the ideas are to his
 40 Phaedo|           which does not admit of death.’~The other persons of the
 41 Phaedo|      gentle nature amid scenes of death and violence by the contrasts
 42 Phaedo|       speak of Socrates after his death. The calmness of his behaviour,
 43 Phaedo|          at the time of Socrates’ death was in Asia. The mention
 44 Phaedo|          and either returns after death to her kindred star, or
 45 Phaedo|          there the probability of death being a long sleep is not
 46 Phaedo|     cheerfulness and composure in death inspire in us.~Difficulties
 47 Phaedo|           requires that scenes of death and suffering should be
 48 Phaedo|          to a good man in life or death.’~‘The art of concealing
 49 Phaedo|      which describe the trial and death of Socrates. Their charm
 50 Phaedo|         so like to hear about his death. What did he say in his
 51 Phaedo|           should have been put to death, not at the time, but long
 52 Phaedo|         prison and was not put to death until long after he was
 53 Phaedo|        What was the manner of his death, Phaedo? What was said or
 54 Phaedo|         that I was present at the death of a friend, and therefore
 55 Phaedo|           being under sentence of death, and the festival giving
 56 Phaedo|           and to certain persons, death is to be the only exception,
 57 Phaedo|          I ought to be grieved at death, if I were not persuaded
 58 Phaedo|      about to die, and that after death he may hope to obtain the
 59 Phaedo|        that he is always pursuing death and dying; and if this be
 60 Phaedo|          he has had the desire of death all his life long, why when
 61 Phaedo| philosophers desire is in reality death, and that they have found
 62 Phaedo|        out to be deserving of the death which they desire.~And they
 63 Phaedo|        what is the nature of that death which the true philosopher
 64 Phaedo|        how he deserves or desires death. But enough of them:—let
 65 Phaedo|          there is such a thing as death?~To be sure, replied Simmias.~
 66 Phaedo|        the soul, what is this but death?~Just so, he replied.~There
 67 Phaedo|          while we live, but after death; for if while in company
 68 Phaedo|         all, or, if at all, after death. For then, and not till
 69 Phaedo|           from the body is termed death?~To be sure, he said.~And
 70 Phaedo|         as they can in a state of death, and yet repining when it
 71 Phaedo|          them least of all men is death terrible. Look at the matter
 72 Phaedo|        enjoy her, still repine at death? Will he not depart with
 73 Phaedo|      saying, if he were afraid of death.~He would, indeed, replied
 74 Phaedo|       repining at the approach of death, is not his reluctance a
 75 Phaedo|          said, you are aware that death is regarded by men in general
 76 Phaedo|           not courageous men face death because they are afraid
 77 Phaedo|           that on the very day of death she may perish and come
 78 Phaedo|    whether the souls of men after death are or are not in the world
 79 Phaedo|          he said.~And what is it?~Death, he answered.~And these,
 80 Phaedo|         that you analyze life and death to me in the same manner.
 81 Phaedo|           the same manner. Is not death opposed to life?~Yes.~And
 82 Phaedo|           we not rather assign to death some corresponding process
 83 Phaedo|           remained in the form of death, and did not come to life
 84 Phaedo|           last be swallowed up in death? (But compare Republic.)~
 85 Phaedo|      before birth. But that after death the soul will continue to
 86 Phaedo|         the soul will exist after death as well as before birth
 87 Phaedo|        born can be born only from death and dying, must she not
 88 Phaedo|         dying, must she not after death continue to exist, since
 89 Phaedo|           child within us to whom death is a sort of hobgoblin;
 90 Phaedo|           be sound at the time of death, and the season of the year
 91 Phaedo|        philosophy the practice of death?—~Certainly—~That soul,
 92 Phaedo|        while she lives, and after death she hopes to go to her own
 93 Phaedo|          are themselves afraid of death, slanderously affirm of
 94 Phaedo|           in that which is called death, how shall we answer him?~
 95 Phaedo|       existence of the soul after death is still, in my judgment,
 96 Phaedo|           who dies, and after his death somebody says:—He is not
 97 Phaedo|       existence of the soul after death. For granting even more
 98 Phaedo|           continue to exist after death, and will be born and die
 99 Phaedo|          utterly perish; and this death and dissolution of the body
100 Phaedo|         he who is confident about death has but a foolish confidence,
101 Phaedo|         myself in the prospect of death. For at this moment I am
102 Phaedo|         if there be nothing after death, still, during the short
103 Phaedo|      behind her; and that this is death, which is the destruction
104 Phaedo|   philosopher who is confident in death appears to you to have but
105 Phaedo|           in that which is called death. And whether the soul enters
106 Phaedo|           said.~And what is that?~Death.~Then the soul, as has been
107 Phaedo|           which does not admit of death?~The immortal, he said.~
108 Phaedo|        And does the soul admit of death?~No.~Then the soul is immortal?~
109 Phaedo|         the soul when attacked by death cannot perish; for the preceding
110 Phaedo|        the soul will not admit of death, or ever be dead, any more
111 Phaedo|         Most certainly.~Then when death attacks a man, the mortal
112 Phaedo|        retires at the approach of death and is preserved safe and
113 Phaedo|     indeed appear to be awful. If death had only been the end of
114 Phaedo|        journey thither.~For after death, as they say, the genius
115 Phaedo|         he will suffer less at my death, and not be grieved when