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Phaedo
Overview
Phaedo ( ; Ancient Greek: Φαίδων, Phaidōn) is a dialogue written by Plato, in which Socrates discusses the immortality of the soul and the nature of the afterlife with his friends in the hours leading up to his death. Socrates explores various arguments for the soul's immortality with the Pythagorean philosophers Simmias and Cebes of Thebes in order to show that there is an afterlife in which the soul will dwell following death. The dialogue concludes with a mythological narrative of the descent into Tartarus and an account of Socrates' execution.
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Philosophers who discussed Phaedo
- Zeno of Elea
- Crito of Alopece
- John of Salisbury
- The Clouds
- Damascius
- Ammonius Hermiae
- Anaxagoras
- Anaximenes of Miletus
- Apuleius
- Seyyed Hossein Nasr
- Marsilio Ficino
- Philo
- Alcmaeon of Croton
- Plato
- Pythagoras
- Philolaus
- Aristippus
- Socrates
- Dio Chrysostom
- Phaedo of Elis
- Plotinus
- Moses Mendelssohn
- Michel Foucault
- Strato of Lampsacus
Related ideas
- Socratic dialogue
- Afterlife
- Megarian school
- Classical Athens
- Philosophy
- Syrianus
- Crito of Alopece
- Damascius
- Republic (Plato)
- Suicide
- Dialogue
- Immortality
- Apuleius
- Cynicism (philosophy)
- Megara
- Cratylus (dialogue)
- Plato
- Symposium (Plato)
- Proclus
- Socrates
- Palingenesis
- Skepticism
- Ship of Theseus
- Soul
Place in the tradition
Part of Academic skepticism.