“Those also who are remarkable for having led holy lives are released from this earthly prison, and go to their pure home which is above, and dwell in the purer earth; and those who have duly purified themselves with philosophy live henceforth altogether without the body, in mansions fairer far than these…”

— Socrates

Plato, Phaedo

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classical Greek Athenian philosopher -470–-399 BC

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