Phaedo

By: Plato, 428-348 BCE

Contributor(s): Rowe, C. J

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cambridge Greek and Latin classics: Publisher: London, Cambridge University Press, 2004Edition: Ed. by C.J. RoweDescription: xi, 301 pages , 19 cmISBN: 0521307961; 9780521307963; 052131318X; 9780521313186Subject(s): Immortality (Philosophy) -- Early works to 1800Online resources: Table of contents | Publisher description

Contents:

Introduction: 1. Literature and philosophy; 2. Plato's conception of philosophy; 3. The aims of Plato's philosophical writing; 4. The Phaedo and Pythagoreanism; 5. The 'theory of forms'; 6. Platonic conceptions of the soul; 7. Myths and philosophy; 8. The Phaedo and the Platonic corpus; 9. The text of the Phaedo; 10. Select bibliography; The Phaedo; Commentary.

Summary: Plato's dialogue Phaedo portrays Socrates in prison awaiting execution and discussing with his friends the fate of the soul after death. In this edition, consisting of introduction, text and commentary, Professor Rowe guides the reader through the difficulties - linguistic, literary and philosophical - of individual passages and of the dialogue as a whole.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 14-19) and indexes.

Plato's dialogue Phaedo portrays Socrates in prison awaiting execution and discussing with his friends the fate of the soul after death. In this edition, consisting of introduction, text and commentary, Professor Rowe guides the reader through the difficulties - linguistic, literary and philosophical - of individual passages and of the dialogue as a whole.

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