The dialogue occurs in [[Socrates]]' cell, before he is to be executed by drinking hemlock. In it, he seeks to prove the [[immortality]] of the [[soul]], the existence of the [[afterlife]], and immorality of [[suicide]], making the piece influential among [[Christian]] [[scholar|scholars]]. | The dialogue occurs in [[Socrates]]' cell, before he is to be executed by drinking hemlock. In it, he seeks to prove the [[immortality]] of the [[soul]], the existence of the [[afterlife]], and immorality of [[suicide]], making the piece influential among [[Christian]] [[scholar|scholars]]. |