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Phædo or
Phaedo (/ˈfiːdoʊ/; Gr****: Φαίδων, Phaidōn [pʰaídɔːn]), also
known to
ancient readers as On The Soul, is one of the best-known
dialogues of Plato's...
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Phaedo of Elis (/ˈfiːdoʊ/; also, Phaedon; Gr****: Φαίδων ὁ Ἠλεῖος, gen.: Φαίδωνος; fl. 4th century BCE) was a Gr**** philosopher. A
native of Elis, he was...
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Plato develops the
theory of
anamnesis in his
Socratic dialogues: Meno,
Phaedo, and Phaedrus. In Meno, Plato's
character (and old teacher)
Socrates is...
- this case the
story of the
execution of
Socrates as told by
Plato in his
Phaedo. In this story,
Socrates has been
convicted of
corrupting the
youth of Athens...
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original texts related to this article:
Euthyphro Apology (Plato)
Crito Phaedo The extant,
primary sources about the
history of the
trial and execution...
- for the name of the first-born son. Plato's
portrayal of
Xanthippe in the
Phaedo suggests that she was a
devoted wife and mother; this is the sole mention...
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philosophy was
originally the
School of Elis,
where it had been
founded by
Phaedo of Elis; it was
later transferred to
Eretria by his
pupil Menedemus. It...
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dialogues Phaedo,
Republic and Phaedrus,
poetic language to
illustrate the mode in
which the
Forms are said to exist. Near the end of the
Phaedo, for example...
- See this
brief exchange from the
Phaedo: "What is it that, when
present in a body,
makes it living? – A soul."
Phaedo 105c. Plato,
Timaeus 44d Archived...
- the trial, and is one of four
Socratic dialogues,
along with Euthyphro,
Phaedo, and Crito,
through which Plato details the
final days of the philosopher...
