Guest guest Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 Namaste Sridharji, The last day is in the Phaedo, not the Crito. But you are right, everything about those last moments, whether they be of the Crito or the Phaedo, was sublime. The Crito is in fact a supreme example of Karma Yoga. With regards, Chittaranjan advaitin, "asridhar19" <asridhar19> wrote: > Namaste Chittaranjan,Greg and all > > The last day of Socrates, his gentle discussions with Crito ( who in > his hopeless love for the master tries to persuade him to flee the > prison to escape the certain death by poison), infact, everything > about every moment of the last day, the tears and groundswell of > emotion you'd expereince as you live the experience can stand > testimony to the fact that Socrates is a Yogi. It is a slightly > longish read ( in case you have not done before), but the journey, i > can promise will be mystical. you will be submerged in a deluge of > jnana and bhakti. The link below could be useful > > http://socrates.clarke.edu/aplg0170.htm > Many thousand namaskarams to all > Sridhar > > > advaitin, Gregory Goode <goode@D...> wrote: > > At 12:59 PM 2/26/2004 +0000, Chittaranjan Naik wrote: > > > > >>From the description that Alcibiades provides in the Symposium, > it > > >would appear that Socrates was also a sage and a yogi. > > > > I agree! > > > > --Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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