... an after-life, which is reflective of some form of spiritual ideal, then our choices and actions in life will be different to that of someone who does not believe in life after death. Socrates was a great philosopher of his time who stood adamant by his word and his teachings. Socrates was not afraid of death as was evident when the courts declared that his life would be spared if he were to admit to false charges of blasphemy against him. A test, which ultimately led to his demise (Plato 1992). Socrates proclaimed that the body dies in the visible sense or the visible world. The soul, however, does not. He describes the soul as 'the invisible, pure, immortal and divine. Socrates saw the body as 'a cage', simply a vessel to carry the soul throughout life, which eventually makes its way back to Hades, or heaven (Plato 2004). The ...

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