"Courage is the ability to distinguish between real and perceived threats, being able to know what should be feared and what should not be.
But this does not tie that into the burning question surrounding his death: Why did he not choose exile or escape, or offer a serious defense? There are many theories. According to his pupil Xenophon, Socrates felt that, at age 70, he would be better off dead than to linger in exile or confinement. Perhaps he suspected that by drinking the hemlock he would create the founding myth of philosophy."
- The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life by Bettany Hughes via Q3D
But this does not tie that into the burning question surrounding his death: Why did he not choose exile or escape, or offer a serious defense? There are many theories. According to his pupil Xenophon, Socrates felt that, at age 70, he would be better off dead than to linger in exile or confinement. Perhaps he suspected that by drinking the hemlock he would create the founding myth of philosophy."
- The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life by Bettany Hughes via Q3D
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