A Catholic Reading of the Gorgias of Plato
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SOCRATES: But if I come to my end because of a deficiency in flattering oratory, I know that you'd see me bear my death with
ease. For no one who isn't totally bereft of reason and courage is afraid to die; doing what's unjust is what he's afraid
of. For of all evils, the ultimate is that of arriving in Hades with one's soul stuffed full of unjust actions.
Plato, Gorgias, 523d–e1
SOCRATES: Maybe you [Callicles] think this account [eschatological myth] is told as an old wives' tale, and you feel contempt
for it. And it…