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Socrates thinks that the philosopher:

    { 1 } - Is admired by most people.
    { 2 } - Does not deserve to live.
    { 3 } - Is concerned about pleasure and pain.
    { 4 } - Practices death.
    { 5 } - Is concerned about sexual pleasures.

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Socrates thinks that the philosopher:

The opposite is suggested by Simmias in 64a-b and Socrates seems to accept his assessment.

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Socrates thinks that the philosopher:

    { 1 } - Is admired by most people.
    { 2 } - Does not deserve to live.
    { 3 } - Is concerned about pleasure and pain.
    { 4 } - Practices death.
    { 5 } - Is concerned about sexual pleasures.

Simmias says that this is the position of the majority in 64a-b.

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Socrates thinks that the philosopher:

    { 1 } - Is admired by most people.
    { 2 } - Does not deserve to live.
    { 3 } - Is concerned about pleasure and pain.
    { 4 } - Practices death.
    { 5 } - Is concerned about sexual pleasures.

Pain involves the body and Socrates says in 64e that a philosopher's concern "is not with the body but that, as far as he can, he turns away from the body towards the soul.

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Socrates thinks that the philosopher:

    { 1 } - Is admired by most people.
    { 2 } - Does not deserve to live.
    { 3 } - Is concerned about pleasure and pain.
    { 4 } - Practices death.
    { 5 } - Is concerned about sexual pleasures.

See 64a: Socrates: "the one aim of those who practise philosophy in the proper manner is to practice for dying and death."

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Socrates thinks that the philosopher:

    { 1 } - Is admired by most people.
    { 2 } - Does not deserve to live.
    { 3 } - Is concerned about pleasure and pain.
    { 4 } - Practices death.
    { 5 } - Is concerned about sexual pleasures.

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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