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A 4 page essay that has the premise that Tolstoy's character Ivan Ilych (from The Death of Ivan Ilych) is a real mortal soul, recently deceased, and that the soul of Socrates is quite aware of the circumstances of his last day on earth and is writing to Ivan that they should discuss how the end of his Ivan Ilych's life paralleled many of the points that Socrates made at his trial, as outlined in Plato's account entitled the Apology. No additional sources cited.
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recently deceased, and that the soul of Socrates is quite aware of the circumstances of his last day on earth and is writing to Ivan that they should discuss how
the end of his Ivan Ilychs life paralleled many of the points that Socrates made at his trial, as outlined in Platos account entitled the Apology. Socrates writes: Dear
Ivan, Having just read your story, I think we should get together and talk. The way you changed during your illness, particularly on the last day of your life,
reflects many of the points I made at my trial. I spoke of the importance of carrying for your own soul, which is accomplished by becoming aware of the
tings in life that truly matter and, also, by recognizing what is true about your own identity, even if it is painful to do so. Your life paralleled these points
in many ways. First of all, as I am sure you realize now, in your life before your illness, you were shallow and
self-centered, thinking only of yourself. You assumed that you knew what was important and significant in life, and this is where you and I differed. My reputation for wisdom derived
from the fact that I realized that I knew nothing. A man of my era named Chaerephon once asked the Oracle at Delphi is there was
anyone wiser than I was, and the "Pythian prophetess answered that there was no man wiser" (Apol. 20d-24b). T his astounded me as I knew that I knew that
I had "no wisdom, small or great" (Apol. 20d-24b). This led me to question others, in an effort to refute the prophecy, but found that all whom I
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