Who speaks the following words? "For the fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom and not real wisdom, being a pretense of knowing the unknown; for no one knows whether death, which men in their fear think is the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good."

A. Socrates, in the Apology
B. Sir Thomas More, in A Man for All Seasons
C. Aristotle, in Nicomachean Ethics
D. Njal, in Njal's Saga


A. Socrates, in the Apology

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