Phaedo
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Phaedo is a Platonic dialogue that recounts the final hours and philosophical discussions of Socrates before his execution.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Platonic dialogue
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philosophical work → |
| author |
Plato
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| containsArgument |
affinity argument
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argument from opposites → argument from recollection → final argument from forms → |
| describesEvent |
execution of Socrates
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final hours of Socrates → |
| dialogueStyle |
dramatic
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narrated in retrospect → |
| featuresCharacter |
Cebes of Thebes
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Echecrates → Phaedo of Elis → Simmias of Thebes → Socrates → |
| focusesOn |
definition of death
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philosopher’s attitude toward death → purification of the soul → |
| genre |
Socratic dialogue
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| includesMyth |
myth of the afterlife
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| includesScene |
Socrates drinking hemlock
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| influenced |
Christian philosophy
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Neoplatonism → early modern philosophy → |
| language |
Ancient Greek
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| mainTheme |
afterlife
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death → forms → immortality of the soul → nature of the soul → philosophy as preparation for death → virtue → |
| narratedTo |
Echecrates
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| narrativeFrameLocation |
Phlius
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| narrator |
Phaedo of Elis
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| partOf |
Platonic corpus
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| period |
Middle dialogues of Plato
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| philosophicalMethod |
dialectic
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| philosophicalPosition |
body and soul are distinct
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soul is immortal → true knowledge is of the Forms → |
| philosophicalTradition |
Ancient Greek philosophy
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| relatedWork |
Apology
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Crito → Euthyphro → |
| settingCity |
Athens
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| settingLocation |
Athenian prison
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