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Faith of Socrates

Because he understood the superiority and immor- tality of good, Socrates feared not the hemlock poison. Even the faith of his philosophy spurned phys- ical timidity. Having sought man's spiritual state, he recognized the immortality of man. The igno- rance and malice of the age would have killed the vener-

able philosopher because of his faith in Soul and his in- difference to the body.