No, I”m sure it is just my lack of knowledge regarding philosophy and the associated methods of discussing it. I never actually believed that the author was trying to convince me that death was not bad, but (as I stated above) playing devil’s advocate in order to explore ideas and challenge the reader. I simply wouldn’t know enough about it to name it the “Socratic method”. My bad.
He’s not, not arguing the opposite. He’s doing philosophy by Socratic method. I really hope this wasn’t a common misinterpretation here.
No, I”m sure it is just my lack of knowledge regarding philosophy and the associated methods of discussing it. I never actually believed that the author was trying to convince me that death was not bad, but (as I stated above) playing devil’s advocate in order to explore ideas and challenge the reader. I simply wouldn’t know enough about it to name it the “Socratic method”. My bad.
Great. And not problem, just a miscommunication then.