Phädon
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Phädon is a seminal philosophical dialogue by Moses Mendelssohn that presents Enlightenment ideas on the immortality of the soul in the form of a modern reworking of Plato’s Phaedo.
Aliases (1)
- Phaedon ×1
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical dialogue → |
| addressesConcept |
afterlife
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soul → virtue and immortality → |
| aim | to defend the immortality of the soul using reason → |
| author | Moses Mendelssohn → |
| countryOfOrigin | Prussia → |
| genre |
philosophical literature
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religious philosophy → |
| hasReception |
contributed to Mendelssohn’s reputation as the “German Socrates”
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widely read in late 18th-century Germany → |
| historicalContext |
Age of Enlightenment
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surface form: "European Enlightenment"
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| influenced |
Haskalah
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surface form: "German Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah)"
later German idealist discussions of the soul → |
| inspiredBy |
Phaedo
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Plato → |
| language | German → |
| literaryForm | dialogue → |
| mainTopic |
immortality of the soul
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metaphysics of the soul → rational theology → |
| movement | German Enlightenment → |
| notableFor |
modern reworking of a Platonic dialogue
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popularizing Enlightenment ideas in German → |
| originalTitle |
Phaedo
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surface form: "Phädon, oder über die Unsterblichkeit der Seele"
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| philosophicalMethod |
dialogical exposition
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rational argumentation → |
| philosophicalPosition | rationalist defense of immortality → |
| philosophicalTheme |
nature of the human soul
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proofs of immortality → relationship between reason and religion → |
| philosophicalTradition | Enlightenment philosophy → |
| publicationYear | 1767 → |
| relatedAuthor | Plato → |
| relatedWork | Phaedo → |
| religiousContext |
Haskalah
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surface form: "Jewish Enlightenment (Haskalah)"
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| setting | modeled on the setting of Plato’s Phaedo → |
| structure | three dialogues → |
| title | Phädon → |
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form: "Phaedon"