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In Plato’s Apology, Socrates chose death above living without his beliefs. It followed Greek thought that death was preferable to banishment from their homeland. Socrates does not mind being sentences to dead, because he is an old man in his seventies who believes he is going to a better place. The jury offers to let Socrates off on the, “condition that [he] spend no more time … [practicing] philosophy.” (p. 32) The jury are mocking him because any true Greek would never give this a second thought. Socrates replied that he would “