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Phaedo

by Plato

Reading #34 ("Memorabilia 2", 2025)


Abstract

Socrates discusses death and what a philosopher lives for in his final moments with his friends before serving out his final sentence.

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authors Plato
literary form dialogue
genres Socratic dialogue
subjects philosophy, death, ethics, immortality of the soul, knowledge, Platonic Forms
period Classical Greece, 5th c. BCE, 4th c. BCE
language Ancient Greek, Attic Greek
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