Phaedo: Translated by Benjamin Jowett - Softcover

Plato

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1543267645 ISBN 13: 9781543267648

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

INTRODUCTION. After an interval of some months or years, and at Phlius, a town of Peloponnesus, the tale of the last hours of Socrates is narrated to Echecrates and other Phliasians by Phaedo the 'beloved disciple.' The Dialogue necessarily takes the form of a narrative, because Socrates has to be described acting as well as speaking. The minutest particulars of the event are interesting to distant friends, and the narrator has an equal interest in them. During the voyage of the sacred ship to and from Delos, which has occupied thirty days, the execution of Socrates has been deferred. (Compare Xen. Mem.) The time has been passed by him in conversation with a select company of disciples. But now the holy season is over, and the disciples meet earlier than usual in order that they may converse with Socrates for the last time. Those who were present, and those who might have been expected to be present, are mentioned by name. There are Simmias and Cebes (Crito), two disciples of Philolaus whom Socrates 'by his enchantments has attracted from Thebes' (Mem.), Crito the aged friend, the attendant of the prison, who is as good as a friend—these take part in the conversation. There are present also, Hermogenes, from whom Xenophon derived his information about the trial of Socrates (Mem.), the 'madman' Apollodorus (Symp.), Euclid and Terpsion from Megara (compare Theaet.), Ctesippus, Antisthenes, Menexenus, and some other less-known members of the Socratic circle, all of whom are silent auditors. Aristippus, Cleombrotus, and Plato are noted as absent.

About this title

Book Description:

In prison awaiting execution, Socrates discusses the fate of the soul after death with his friends in Phaedo. The reader is guided through the linguistic, literary and philosophical problems of the dialogue in an edition geared to students as well as classical scholars.

From the Publisher:

Library of Liberal Arts title.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1543267645
• ISBN 13: 9781543267648
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176
• Editor: Ballin G-Ph