Then abruptly, before it was time, Socrates called in the prison guard and asked for the poison to be brought. The guard returned with a cup and handed it to Socrates. He took it, calmly, and emptied it in one gulp. He kept talking to his students, who were no longer able to say anything, providing them with an account of how the poison was making its way through his body. First his legs went numb, and he had to lie down. Then the poison crept upward; he became increasingly paralyzed, but he was still talking to them. Finally, the poison reached his head, and Socrates became quiet at last.
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