Our mind is a unique and hidden temple for our deepest desires, needs, and thoughts. Socrates once said, to find yourself, you must think for yourself, meaning no one can discover ourselves and find our true knowledge and truth except for our mind. Everything kept in our mind is solely known by yourself, it is your choice to share as much or as little. Most people who take their own lives believe that doing so is their only solution. Socrates says in the Phaedo that, the godsÂ’ possessions have no right to kill themselves. As human beings, we are gods possessions which leave us with no right to take our own life and abandoning our friends and families by resorting to pain and/or pleasure. A sagacious man stating death is good, and suicide is evil must lead us to assume the nature by which such action is followed through. Therefore, they must be unable to think in a way that can make them escape their mind. That is why having knowledge and truth is important to well-being. Also, this brings up the question of what makes life immortal, or worth living. The deep negative thoughts being circulated in ones mind during a suicide attempt may be darker than we can fathom. Mainly due to the hidden nature of an individuals mind and perception during these intense situations. The mind can be misguided through depression, anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and panic disorder. These illnesses are needed to be empathized for and treated with the utmost fragility. Some suicides also are closely related to family issues, or the la
ck of presence from a family. As media is endlessly being absorbed into our minds, we build assumptions and gain true and false information that mold our perception of our nation/society and understandings of life. The reality of suicide is in fact, I know seen as a bad thing due to our minds being clouded by evil thoughts and perceptions of the world around us and of ourselves. It is also perceived as immoral, saddening, and morbid. Lastly, the suicide of Socrates proves to show that throughout his life he prepared for death by obtaining knowledge and truth through thinking, asking questions, and staying away from bodily pleasures since the soul lives on forever infinitely in proceeding bodies. Socrates uses his death by forced suicide from poisoning as a final lesson for his pupils rather than fleeing when the opportunity arises and faces it calmly. The reality of suicide is seen wholely as immoral by Socrates and Cebes in the Phaedo and evil/sin by the Catholic Church.
This follows the concept of thinking and knowledge. The life of Socrates has been guided by an inner-voice, telling him what was right. As humans, we must differentiate what is right from wrong and that only learning can help give us a clear understanding of such. The act of thinking and asking questions is seen in Socrates Recollection argument in Phaedo. Failing to search for knowledge and truth in life can lead to a soul separating without purpose.It is an explanation of how we arrive at knowing things. In the second argument of recollection, Socrates claims,