柏拉圖寫的《蘇格拉底的辯詞》(Apologie des Sokrates),從學生時代以來,不知讀過多少次,每一次再讀還是有很強烈的感動。那第一句,也許是政治哲學史上最知名的第一句:「各位雅典人哪,控告我的人的發言,引起你們什麼樣的感受,我不知道……」(Was wohl euch, ihr Athener, meine Ankläger angetan haben, weiß ich nicht…)
說了以上這段請求後,蘇格拉底說出了他人生最後一句話,那德譯文如此清晰簡單動人,抄寫如下:「es ist Zeit, daß wir gehen: ich, um zu sterben, und ihr, um zu leben. Wer aber von uns beiden zu dem besseren Geschäft hingehe, das ist allen verborgen außer nur Gott.」
法國畫家達維特(Jacques-Louis David)於一七八七年所畫的油畫《蘇格拉底之死》(La Mort de Socrate),勾勒出了哲學家說出盼望雅典人監督他的兒子們要行正義後,與眾人道別,準備離開之際。畫中蘇格拉底一手準備接過毒酒,另一手仍指著天上,似乎說著有超越俗世的更高良善之物,比起生命更應該被重視。遠方也許是親友,已做好道別準備,而蘇格拉底的身邊,也許是他的門徒與奴隸,仍處在拒絕接受及哀痛的時刻,即使蘇格拉底說,也許比起雅典人,他才是走向更好地方的人。
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