Phaedo

Plato's account of Socrates' final hours, spent not in fear but in conversation about the soul and its fate.

At a glance A dialogue that turns a death cell into a classroom on immortality, reason, and how a… In a prison cell in Athens, with the hemlock waiting and his friends struggling to hold… Plato's Phaedo gives us that day, narrated by a witness who was there. What it's about The dialogue unfolds as Socrates, condemned to die, discusses with his…

The dialogue unfolds as Socrates, condemned to die, discusses with his companions whether the soul survives the death of the body.