... By the Gods Though it would be quite simple to read Plato's The Last Days of Socrates and immediately render Socrates" so-called "divine mission" to attain death as a destructive force, a closer assessment of Plato's work reveals that Socrates" life was not lost in vain after all. "Death is one of two things. Either it is annihilation, and the dead have ... no heed of the death that will shortly ensue as a result. As Socrates continues to pursue his "divine mission", we are confronted with what the Athenians regard as a serious crime, "corrupting the young men of the city" (Euthyphro, 3...

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