Socrates was dying
had one given him poison - but he laughed
Creto, one of his pupils said to him.". you yes have tears in their eyes before laughing. Death is so near - you should be sad, "
Socrates said:" What's so sad.? If I die, when everything is dying in me, where is the sadness? There will be no longer feels the sadness. And if it is me after death, where is a reason for sadness? What is lost, am I not. I am what remains "
said He." I'm happy. Death can only be two things effect: it can either destroy me completely, then I'm happy because I feel no sadness or if anything is left of me, I'm happy because the part that I was not, was taken away. I will stay. These are the two possibilities that the death -.. That's why I laugh "
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