Socrates Influence On The Youth

In the passage The Apology, Socrates was brought to trial on the charges of believing in false gods and corrupting the youth of Athens. Socrates responds to the charges brought against him by beginning to cross examine Meletus. He wants Meletus to explain exactly what a good influence is and how is Socrates a bad influence on the youth. Meletus explains that councilmen and laws make a good influence on the youth. He also states that if he is harming the youth it would of been done unintentionally, which therefore would causes Meletus accusation to be a lie. Socrates believes that harming someone else would come back eventually to harm himself , so any sane man would never want to bring harm to themselves, so it's not possible for his accusation be valid. He was never was anyone's
He says if you are to put me to death you will be harming yourselves more than you will harm me. Socrates warned the people of Athens that they will find no other like him, because he was a gift to the state from god ,and if they do kill him they would sin against god in condemning socrates and sinning against the gift of divinity.(30d-e). Socrates view on death is it is nothing to fear because no one knows anything about it. How can you fear something you have not experienced. He sees death as it could be blessing as it would be like a long dream without sleeping. Those who think of death as evil must be mistaken that it will either have no perception of anything or it will be relocating of the soul. He believes either will be great with having a dreamless sleep or being able to keep company with philosophers before him such as Orpheus and Homer , which then he proclaims he is willing to die many times if that is true.(40e-41a). Socrates does not fear death as his fellow Athenian citizens do. He believes it may as well be other way to examine a whole other way of life. He tells the court who has sentenced him to death that only god knows who will end up in a better place you