Phaedo
By Plato
Translated by Benjamin Jowett
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1892
First written c. 380s BCE
In the public domain
About this text
Jowett’s translation of the Phaedo, set on the last day of Socrates’ life: philosophy as the practice of dying, the arguments for the immortality of the soul, knowledge as recollection, and the death of Socrates.
How to cite
Plato. Phaedo: In The Dialogues of Plato, third edition. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1892.
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