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Phaedo

Plato · translated by Benjamin Jowett

Contents

  1. The prison, the arguments and the objections

    ECHECRATES: Were you yourself, Phaedo, in the prison with Socrates on the day when he drank the …

  2. Socrates answers Simmias and Cebes

    PHAEDO: Often, Echecrates, I have wondered at Socrates, but never more than on that occasion. That he should be able to answer was nothing, …

  3. The final argument and the myth

    PHAEDO: Certainly, Echecrates; and such was the feeling of the whole company at the …

  4. The death of Socrates

    When he had done speaking, Crito said: And have you any commands for us, Socrates--anything to say about your children, or any other matter …

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Chicago (bibliography)

Plato. Phaedo. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society. https://www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/texts/phaedo-jowett.

Chicago (note)

Plato, Phaedo, trans. Benjamin Jowett, The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society, https://www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/texts/phaedo-jowett.

MLA

Plato. Phaedo. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society, www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/texts/phaedo-jowett.

BibTeX
@book{texts-phaedo-jowett,
  author = {Plato},
  title = {{Phaedo}},
  translator = {Benjamin Jowett},
  howpublished = {The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society},
  url = {https://www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/texts/phaedo-jowett}
}