Plato's Phaedo

Name: Plato's Phaedo
Brand: Author's Republic
Availability: InStock
Author: Plato
ISBN: 9781518934056

Author: Plato

Narrator: Ray Childs

Unabridged: 2 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: AB Publishing

Published: 09/06/2016

Categories: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Ethics & Moral Philosophy

Synopsis

Socrates is in prison, sentenced to die when the sun sets. In this final conversation, he asks what will become of him once he drinks the poison prescribed for his execution. Socrates and his friends examine several arguments designed to prove that the soul is immortal. This quest leads him to the broader topic of the nature of mind and its connection not only to human existence but also to the cosmos itself. What could be a better way to pass the time between now and the sunset?

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About Plato

Plato (427-347 B.C.) was a classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, writer, and student of Socrates. Most of his works, which form some of the core foundations of Western philosophy, are written in the form of dialogues, in which Socrates often figures prominently. His best-known writings include the Republic, the Apology, the Symposium, Crito, and Statesman. Plato's work addresses such diverse themes as the nature of love, human knowledge and understanding, and the ideal form of government.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Manny on August 17, 2015

Celebrity Death Match Special: Plato's Phaedo versus Philip José Farmer's To Your Scattered Bodies Go [Riverworld. Night. Numerous people are gathered around a campfire, including RICHARD BURTON, ALICE PLEASANCE LIDDELL, PLATO, BENJAMIN JOWETT, DANTE, DAVID HUME and FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE. BURTON is add......more

Goodreads review by Gabriel on October 17, 2021

Tiene ideas interesantes aunque no me convence mucho lo propuesto. Al menos, no del todo.......more

Goodreads review by Julian on June 01, 2020

I have to try and read to completion one book by Plato. That will give real meaning to my reading life. Well, I completed this book today and now will try another one, perhaps Crito. There are some great arguments in this book and I believe a couple of famous phrases too, but I don't want to spoil t......more

Goodreads review by B. P. on November 23, 2017

"Such was the end of our comrade...a man who, we must say, was of all those we have known the best, and also the wisest and the most upright." [March, 2013] The grand finale of the wise man of Athens. This was Plato's account of Socrates last hours before his death. One has to say that while the Apol......more

Goodreads review by Roy on April 25, 2019

Phaedo is widely, and rightly, considered to be one of Plato’s masterpieces. Here we witness the noble death of Socrates, perhaps the most iconic moment in the history of philosophy. As any proper philosopher should, Socrates dies in discourse, reasoning up until the very end. The subject of his arg......more