The Phaedo is acknowledged to be one of Plato's masterpieces, showing him both as a philosopher and as a dramatist at the height of his powers. For its moving account of the execution of Socrates, the ...

The Phaedo is the last of five dialogues dealing with the last days of Socrates. It depicts the last day in Socrates’ life and contains his death scene. It is a philosophically and poetically rich ...

Was it by chance or by the will of the gods that Echecrates met Phaedo that day in the Greek village of Philus? When the two met, the subject of Socrates’ death came up, even though that sad event had ...

The Yale Bookends present Phaedo a playful and poignant take on the trial and death of the Greek philosopher Socrates. Based directly on Platos Phaedo and Apology, this play breathes life into these ...

With the Theory of Recollection, Socrates assumes that he has satisfactorily shown that the soul pre-exists before this life. Thus, the next question that Socrates tackles in Plato’s Phaedo is ...