Echecrates and Phaedo talking about the last day of Socrates. Phaedo who was there explains in details what happened in that day. He began by saying that the day before they heard the guardian saying that the ship that Athens sent to Delos arrived. This ship explains the delay that occurred between the trial and the death of Socrates‚ indeed there is a law that prohibits any execution to keep the city “pure” until the ship reaches Delos and returns. After this brief introduction Phaedo begins naming
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Socrates‚ the founder of philosophy‚ is the student Plato. He adapted many of Socrates’s ideas‚ but interpreted them differently. He says‚ “And I thought that I had better have recourse to the world of mind and seek there the truth of existence” (Phaedo). Alcibiades elaborates with what life is‚ and how to achieve a full life. He believes that you cannot be the only one to tell yourself who you are‚ but by the opinions and knowledge of others you can ultimately know yourself‚ which was argued by
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Socratic Problem The Socratic problem results from the inability to determine what‚ in the writings of Plato‚ is an accurate portrayal of Socrates’ thought and what is the thought of Plato with Socrates as a literary device. Socrates‚ often credited with founding western philosophy and who was put to death by the democracy of Athens in May‚ 399 BC‚ was Plato’s teacher and mentor; Plato‚ like some of his contemporaries‚ wrote dialogues about his departed teacher. Most of what we know about Socrates comes
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In this paper‚ I will utilize Plato’s argument on immortality‚ the ability to live forever‚ on the soul. Plato was the first to argue against immortality and in his book‚ Phaedo‚ he has three arguments on immortality: The Cyclical Argument‚ The Argument from Recollection‚ and The Affinity Argument. Socrates believes that the “souls of the dead in the underworld” come from people who are living today and that the “living souls come back of those from the dead.” In Plato’s first argument‚ The Cyclical
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The first disputation had a very interesting topic to start with. The proclamation that the disputation was based on was; be it resolved that all lawmakers should be educated in philosophy. It caused the debaters of both sides to defend whether or not philosophy is needed in order to be a just‚ and fair lawmaker. This also allowed for the class to decide for themselves‚ with some important information‚ whether or not they agree with the proclamation for this disputation. The first thing to focus
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in fact exist by referring to Plato’s defense of the existence of souls to provide ammunition in defending her stance on the dispute. Melinda could argue the cycle of opposites or the argument of knowledge that Plato had utilized in his dialogue‚ Phaedo‚ to convey her beliefs. In these dialogues‚ Plato uses these defenses to justify Socrate’s beliefs in the existence of the soul. By referring back to these excellent examples that justify the soul‚ Melinda would almost seem able to convince her sister
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.” – Socrates‚ Phaedo 89d:2 Wisdom is perfect‚ beautiful and forever absolute – the efficacy of truth‚ regarding any and all subjects and temporal and metaphysical concerns of conscious being‚ does not progressively degrade1; however‚ I believe it is also conversely feasible that one’s comprehension of truth can arguably be perceived to dilute by and within the limitations manifested through the existence and effect of the
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The Harmony Theory In Plato’s dialogue Phaedo‚ Simmias outlines his theory that the soul is like a harmony. Essentially‚ this theory claims that a lyre—or harp—is to harmony as body is to soul. The lyre must be tuned and played in just the right way‚ and if it breaks then the harmony ceases to exist. Therefore‚ harmony—and also‚ therefore‚ soul—does not exist on its own. Simmias argues that the same goes for body and soul‚ in the sense that the brain must be functioning in a certain way for the
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Page 1 PHAEDO Symposium and The Death of Socrates is an ancient Greek text by Phaedo. This old text occurred philosophy‚ stories and Genesis quote from the Bible. Platonic love is a philosophy which was main concern of this text. Platonic love is a type of love that is pure and non-sexual. Symposium‚ or drinking party. This party is for those whose want to discuss a philosophy of love. In the dialogue‚ Socrates discusses the nature of the afterlife on his
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For this reason‚ I endorse Aristotle’s theory over Plato’s. At the time that Plato was actively philosophizing‚ the majority of people in Greece did not believe in an immortal soul (Phaedo‚ 70a)‚ and so the ideas that Plato propagated might have contradicted the ‘common sense’ of his likely audience. In the Phaedo‚ he used the context of Socrates’ final moments as an appropriate setting in which to discuss‚ among other things‚ whether a person’s soul survives death. In this dialogue‚ Plato asserts
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