Phaedo

by Plato · c. 380 BCE

Benjamin Jowett's translation, 1871. 1 part, about 27,329 words, 2 hours of reading. Source edition.

Phaedo3 passages · 27,329 words

Passages the guide marks

Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?
118a, the last words · Read it in Phaedo
I deem that the true votary of philosophy is likely to be misunderstood by other men; they do not perceive that he is always pursuing death and dying.
64a · Read it in Phaedo
Socrates tells Cebes that what puts the soul in danger is not the body's weakness but hatred of argument, and warns the company against giving up on reasoning because one argument has failed.
89c to 90e
Simmias objects that the soul may be to the body what a tuning is to a lyre, in which case it would be destroyed when the instrument is broken.
85e to 86d · Read it in Phaedo
When the poison reaches his waist Socrates uncovers his face, speaks to Crito about the debt, and after a moment does not answer again.
117e to 118a

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Public domain in the United States; the Project Gutenberg edition is free of restrictions under the Project Gutenberg License. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. It is not the edition the programs assign; the guide names that one, and the buy links there point at it.

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