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Socrates thinks that the philosopher:

    { 1 } - Does not deserve to live.
    { 2 } - Wants to separate his soul from his body.
    { 3 } - Thinks happiness is found in sexual pleasure.
    { 4 } - Thinks happiness is found in the pleasure of drinking.
    { 5 } - Is admired by most people.

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Socrates thinks that the philosopher:

See 65a: Socrates: "A man who finds no pleasure in such things and has no part in them is thought by the majority not to deserve to live and to be close to death; the man, that is, who does not care for the pleasures of the body."

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Socrates thinks that the philosopher:

    { 1 } - Does not deserve to live.
    { 2 } - Wants to separate his soul from his body.
    { 3 } - Thinks happiness is found in sexual pleasure.
    { 4 } - Thinks happiness is found in the pleasure of drinking.
    { 5 } - Is admired by most people.

See 64e-65a: Socrates: "the philosopher more than other men frees the soul from association with the body as much as possible."

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Socrates thinks that the philosopher:

    { 1 } - Does not deserve to live.
    { 2 } - Wants to separate his soul from his body.
    { 3 } - Thinks happiness is found in sexual pleasure.
    { 4 } - Thinks happiness is found in the pleasure of drinking.
    { 5 } - Is admired by most people.

See 64d where Socrates asks what the philosopher is concerned about: "What about the pleasures of sex?" "Not at all," replies Simmias.

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Socrates thinks that the philosopher:

    { 1 } - Does not deserve to live.
    { 2 } - Wants to separate his soul from his body.
    { 3 } - Thinks happiness is found in sexual pleasure.
    { 4 } - Thinks happiness is found in the pleasure of drinking.
    { 5 } - Is admired by most people.

See 64c-d. Socrates: "Do you think it is the part of a philosopher to be concerned with such so-called pleasures as those of food and drink? -- "By no means," says Simmias.

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Socrates thinks that the philosopher:

    { 1 } - Does not deserve to live.
    { 2 } - Wants to separate his soul from his body.
    { 3 } - Thinks happiness is found in sexual pleasure.
    { 4 } - Thinks happiness is found in the pleasure of drinking.
    { 5 } - Is admired by most people.

For what most people think, see 65a: Socrates: "A man who finds no pleasure in such things and has no part in them is thought by the majority not to deserve to live and to be close to death; the man, that is, who does not care for the pleasures of the body."

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