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Phaedo

Name: Phaedo
Author: Plato

Platonic dialogue that is set in the last hours of Socrates' life

Written workwritten work Platonic dialogueQ244161

Also known as Plat. Phaedo

Author: Plato
Language: Ancient Greek
Genre: dialogue
, Socratic dialogue

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Phaedo 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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Title: Φαίδων
Has version, edition or translation: Fedon language: Russian · released: 1863
Phædon language: Danish
Fedon language: Russian · released: 1896
Q63408520 language: Polish · released: 1845 · translator: Felicjan Kozłowski
Phédon ou De l’âme language: French
Phédon language: French · released: 1846
Phaedo language: Persian · released: 1937 · translator: Mohammad Ali Foroughi
Q112064499 language: Spanish
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Φαίδων language: Ancient Greek · released: 1903
Characters: Socrates
Simmias of Thebes
Cebes
Part of the series: Platonic dialogue
Founded: 360s BCE
Different from: Phaedo of Elis
Entry in abbreviations table: Plat. Phaedo used by: Perseus Digital Library
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Published in: The Harvard Classics, Vol. 2 released: 1909

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