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In the Phaedo, Socrates says death is:
{ 1 } - Unlimited physical pleasure.
{ 2 } - Not a separation of the soul from the body.
{ 3 } - Separation of the soul from the body or a change in place.
{ 4 } - Not feared by philosophers.
{ 5 } - A lack of perception like a dreamless sleep.
{ 6 } - A change in place or a lack of perception.
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In the Phaedo, Socrates says death is:
{ 1 } - Unlimited physical pleasure.
{ 2 } - Not a separation of the soul from the body.
{ 3 } - Separation of the soul from the body or a change in place.
{ 4 } - Not feared by philosophers.
{ 5 } - A lack of perception like a dreamless sleep.
{ 6 } - A change in place or a lack of perception.
It is the soul that is no longer distracted from its proper activity by pleasure or pain after death. See 66a-67e.
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In the Phaedo, Socrates says death is:
{ 1 } - Unlimited physical pleasure.
{ 2 } - Not a separation of the soul from the body.
{ 3 } - Separation of the soul from the body or a change in place.
{ 4 } - Not feared by philosophers.
{ 5 } - A lack of perception like a dreamless sleep.
{ 6 } - A change in place or a lack of perception.
It is such a separation. See 64c where Socrates expects and gets an affirmative answer to the question he puts to Simmias: "Do we believe that death is this, namely, that the body comes to be separated by itself apart from the soul, and the soul comes to be separated by itself apart from the body? Is death anything else than that?"
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In the Phaedo, Socrates says death is:
{ 1 } - Unlimited physical pleasure.
{ 2 } - Not a separation of the soul from the body.
{ 3 } - Separation of the soul from the body or a change in place.
{ 4 } - Not feared by philosophers.
{ 5 } - A lack of perception like a dreamless sleep.
{ 6 } - A change in place or a lack of perception.
This is a combination of answers: the first half of the disjunction from the Phaedo, the second a possibility from the Apology. See answers to other corresponding questions.
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In the Phaedo, Socrates says death is:
{ 1 } - Unlimited physical pleasure.
{ 2 } - Not a separation of the soul from the body.
{ 3 } - Separation of the soul from the body or a change in place.
{ 4 } - Not feared by philosophers.
{ 5 } - A lack of perception like a dreamless sleep.
{ 6 } - A change in place or a lack of perception.
See 67e-68b, especially: Socrates: "In fact, Simmias, he said, those who practise philosophy in the right way are in training for dying and they fear death least of all men." Also see 60c: Socrates: "Evenus will be willing (to die), like every man who partakes worthily of philosophy."
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In the Phaedo, Socrates says death is:
{ 1 } - Unlimited physical pleasure.
{ 2 } - Not a separation of the soul from the body.
{ 3 } - Separation of the soul from the body or a change in place.
{ 4 } - Not feared by philosophers.
{ 5 } - A lack of perception like a dreamless sleep.
{ 6 } - A change in place or a lack of perception.
This is a possibility mentioned in the Apology 40c.
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In the Phaedo, Socrates says death is:
{ 1 } - Unlimited physical pleasure.
{ 2 } - Not a separation of the soul from the body.
{ 3 } - Separation of the soul from the body or a change in place.
{ 4 } - Not feared by philosophers.
{ 5 } - A lack of perception like a dreamless sleep.
{ 6 } - A change in place or a lack of perception.
This is a possibility mentioned in the Apology 40c.
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