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Fearing death is a pretence of wisdom; no one knows whether death may be the greatest good
Drawn from what Socrates said
What Socrates actually said
- Socrates Athenian philosopher (469 to 399 BCE) who wrote nothing
For the fear of death is indeed the pretence of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being a pretence of knowing the unknown; and no one knows whether death, which men in their fear apprehend to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.
Where this was said
↗Apology, Plato's account of his defence (tr. Benjamin Jowett, 1871)gutenberg.org
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