Plato's Phaedo The Last Words and Death of Socrates (Modern English Translation): Plato's Dialogue on the Soul, Death, Immortality, and the Philosophical Life
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Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
22.06.2026
Verlag
Independently PublishedSeitenzahl
148
Maße (L/B/H)
22,9/15,2/0,8 cm
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209 g
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Zak
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9798183690750
In Plato's Phaedo: The Last Words and Death of Socrates, Plato presents one of the most powerful and moving scenes in the history of philosophy. Socrates is in prison on the final day of his life. His trial is over, his sentence has been given, and his friends gather around him before he must drink the poison ordered by Athens.
Yet Socrates does not spend his last hours in panic, bitterness, or despair. Instead, he turns the approach of death into one final philosophical conversation. Speaking with his companions, especially Simmias and Cebes, he explores the nature of the soul, the meaning of death, the hope of immortality, and why the true philosopher should care more for truth and wisdom than for bodily survival.
At the heart of the dialogue is a question that has troubled human beings for thousands of years: what happens to the soul after death? Socrates offers arguments, images, myths, and reflections that challenge his friends, comfort them, unsettle them, and invite the reader to think deeply about mortality, courage, virtue, and the philosophical life.
This is not only the story of Socrates' death. It is a portrait of a man who tries to live and die according to reason, goodness, and truth. In Phaedo, Plato shows philosophy not as abstract speculation, but as preparation for life, death, and the care of the soul.
This edition presents Phaedo in a modern English translation designed to be accurate, readable, and accessible. It is ideal for students, teachers, general readers, philosophy beginners, and anyone interested in Socrates, Plato, ancient Greek philosophy, ethics, the soul, death, immortality, or the question of how to live and die well.
This edition brings one of Plato's greatest and most important dialogues into clear modern English for readers today.
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