Near-Death-Experiences Of The Ancients

05-16-2023 • arclein

Socrates, Plato and Aristotle formed a trio toward the middle of the fourth century BC in ancient Greece to become the most well-known philosophers who ever lived. They were the founders of the present-day discipline. Any philosophers who lived before them are called "pre-Socratics." Most people, even if they know nothing about the field of philosophy, recognize the names of Socrates, his pupil Plato, and Plato's pupil, Aristotle, who went on to become the private tutor of Alexander the Great. Er the Pamphylian In Plato's Republic, he mentions a speech by Socrates, in which Socrates remembers the near-death experience of a "warrior bold" who went by the name of Er the Pamphylian. According to Socrates, Er was killed in battle. Tradition has it that his body was placed on a funeral pyre after a period of some 12 days. Before the fires were lit, however, Er came to life with quite a story to tell. His "soul went forth from his body" and "journeyed with a great co