• Phædo or Phaedo (/ˈfiːdoʊ/; Greek: Φαίδων, Phaidōn [pʰaídɔːn]), also known to ancient readers as On The Soul, is one of the best-known dialogues of Plato's...
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  • Phaedo of Elis (/ˈfiːdoʊ/; also, Phaedon; Greek: Φαίδων ὁ Ἠλεῖος, gen.: Φαίδωνος; fl. 4th century BCE) was a Greek philosopher. A native of Elis, he was...
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  • Plato develops the theory of anamnesis in his Socratic dialogues: Meno, Phaedo, and Phaedrus. In Meno, Plato's character (and old teacher) Socrates is...
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    this case the story of the execution of Socrates as told by Plato in his Phaedo. In this story, Socrates has been convicted of corrupting the youth of Athens...
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  • ancient Greek name that may refer to: Phaedo of Elis, philosopher Phaedo, one of Plato's dialogues named after Phaedo of Elis who appears in it Phaidon Press...
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  • original texts related to this article: Euthyphro Apology (Plato) Crito Phaedo The extant, primary sources about the history of the trial and execution...
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    for the name of the first-born son. Plato's portrayal of Xanthippe in the Phaedo suggests that she was a devoted wife and mother; this is the sole mention...
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  • dialogues Phaedo, Republic and Phaedrus, poetic language to illustrate the mode in which the Forms are said to exist. Near the end of the Phaedo, for example...
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    The Phaedo most famously caused problems for scholars who were trying to understand this aspect of Plato's theory of the soul. Accordingly, the Phaedo presents...
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  • philosophy was originally the School of Elis, where it had been founded by Phaedo of Elis; it was later transferred to Eretria by his pupil Menedemus. It...
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