As Socrates awaits his death penalty, told by Plato in the Apology, Socrates is given a choice to stop his philosophizing or to face death. Socrates argues that any good person should not fear death, and provides reasons that allow him to come to his conclusion. Although he has made many points to support his beliefs, he has some weaknesses in his argument that make it not sound. Socrates states, “To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know. No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew that it is the greatest of evils. And surely it is the most blameworthy ignorance to believe that one knows what one does not know.”(32) He believes that because no one is sure what awaits us on the other side, to believe that death is something fearful is foolish, and is so sure in his argument that he does not have any worries as he awaits his death sentence. If we look closer into Socrates’ statement, we find that it consists of four premises that lead to his conclusion to why the good person should not fear death. Firstly, he states that no one knows what death will be like. Secondly, even though no one knows what death will be like, people still consider it evil, though it isn’t necessarily. Third, to fear death is like a fool thinking he knows what he does not know. He also states that he will never fear anything that he does not know. Lastly, he claims that it is most ignorant for one to know what one doesn’t know. Socrates states that death could either be a blessing or a curse, we do not know. Therefore, we cannot judge death to be an evil when we do not know what lies ahead. He continues his argument saying people who fear death make assumptions that death is something to be feared. Because they made an assumption of what they do not know, they are ignorant because it is most ignorant for s