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1 Note the parallel words and phrases in question and answer: .
2 The ⋯τραπ⋯ς is not θ⋯νατος, as Wohlrab maintains. The soul cannot grasp truth (65 B and D), for the latter drags it off on a by-path (
), whereas it should be left by itself, to continue its march toward pure being. Socrates is not thinking of death (in 66 B), but of the philosopher's ‘death in life’ (
). This is proved by his frequent use of ὅτι μ⋯λιστα in both sections.