Phaedo (Philosophical Library)
by:
Plato (author)
Eva Brann (author)
Peter Kalkavage (author)
Eric Salem (author)
This dialogue by Plato is presented in contemporary English, without deviating from classical diction or Plato's use of oaths and formulaic expression. It pursues the question which pervades all his dialogues: who is the true philosopher, and is he really the most blessed and happiest of men?
This dialogue by Plato is presented in contemporary English, without deviating from classical diction or Plato's use of oaths and formulaic expression. It pursues the question which pervades all his dialogues: who is the true philosopher, and is he really the most blessed and happiest of men?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780941051699 (0941051692)
Publish date: July 1st 1998
Publisher: Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Co.
Pages no: 118
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
History,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Read For School,
Religion,
Philosophy,
College,
Greece,
Ancient
Phaedo is the final part of Plato's (427-347 BCE) trilogy about the trial and death of his teacher, Socrates (469-399 BCE), and is preceded by the Apology and Crito . The Apology is a riveting account of Socrates' defense against the charges, his reaction to the verdict, and then his reaction ...
A work filled with logic, often faulty. I've written thousands of works on this book in my Classical Self-Education group on Goodreads, so I decline to write further about it here. Go argue with me there if you like, not here.
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