Why doe socrates think death is not an evil and does not fear it

Socrates does not think death is evil, because mankind doesn't truly understand what death really is. It could be a blessing in disguise, as death is not a punishment - it's just what comes next. It is our ignorance that thinks death is evil.

Socrates does not fear death. Most people think Death is evil because it is when our lives come to an end, but in fact, death is something entirely unknown. We never know what death is, and we should not fear it.

(Socrates says, “No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they know 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” (29b).)

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Explanation:

i confess that there are several parts of this constitution which i do not at present approve, but i am not sure i shall never approve them: for having lived long, i have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which i once thought right, but found to be otherwise. it is therefore that the older i grow, the more apt i am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.