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This familiar Oracle is a sort of spirit that constantly guides Socrates. At the very bottom of the last complete page Socrates talks about a familiar Oracle. In fact, when we jump to the very end of the apology we see something very interesting. Did Socrates really say this at the trial? Or is this just something that Plato added later on? I’m not trying to say that Plato made this up, but it could be that what Plato is trying to come to grips with is how his friend could have died. Socrates says that he did this as a soldier, choosing to obey the orders of his generals even if it meant risking his life. Socrates says that one should not make any decision based on the possible outcome. He is also a man who talks a lot about death, even at the beginning of his trial. Plato portrays Socrates as a man of integrity. I don’t know at what point in his life Plato wrote down this description of the death of Socrates, but one way to read The Apology is as one man’s attempt to come to grips with the death of his friend. Plato witnessed the trial and death of his friend. It was written down by Plato, one of Socrates’ students. So here’s another way to look at our boy Socrates. Let me just say that if there is a sign-up sheet going around for “Friend Dying from Bone Cancer,” I suggest that you not put your name on it. He was able to say goodbye to them all during the nine months that remained of his life.

He had very good medical help and treatment and was surrounded by loving friends and family. And it was broken because he had bone cancer. When they went to look at it, they founded that his femur was broken. One day during that summer, he hurt his leg.

He came home from school and started to work to save that money to work as a Mormon missionary. He was 19 years old, and he had spent two semesters at college. True story- when I was 17 my best friend died from bone cancer.