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This article is about the Platonic dialogue. For people with this given name, see Phaedon (name).
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Ph do or Phaedo (/?fi?do?/; Greek: ??????, Phaid?n [p?a d??n]), also known to ancient readers as On The Soul,[1] is one of the best-known dialogues of Platos middle period, along with the Republic and the Symposium. The philosophical subject of the dialogue is the immortality of the soul. It is set in the last hours prior to the death of Socrates, and is Platos fourth and last dialogue to detail the philosophers final days, following Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito.

One of the main themes in the Phaedo is the idea that the soul is immortal. In the dialogue, Socrates discusses the nature of the afterlife on his last day before being executed by drinking hemlock. Socrates has been imprisoned and sentenced to death by an Athenian jury for not believing in the gods of the state (though some scholars think it was more for his support of "philosopher kings" as opposed to democracy)[2] and for corrupting the youth of the city.

By engaging in dialectic with a group of Socrates friends, including the two Thebans, Cebes, and Simmias, Socrates explores various arguments for the souls immortality in order to show that there is an afterlife in which the soul will dwell following death. Phaedo tells the story that following the discussion, he and the others were there to witness the death of Socrates.

The Phaedo was first translated into Latin from Greek by Henry Aristippus in 1160.

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Plato, the great philosopher of Athens, was born in 427 BCE. In early manhood an admirer of Socrates, he later founded the famous school of philosophy in the grove Academus. Much else recorded of his life is uncertain; that he left Athens for a time after Socrates execution is probable; that later he went to Cyrene, Egypt, and Sicily is possible; that he was wealthy is likely; that he was critical of advanced democracy is obvious. He lived to be 80 years old. Linguistic tests including those of computer science still try to establish the order of his extant philosophical dialogues, written in splendid prose and revealing Socrates mind fused with Platos thought.
In "Laches, Charmides, " and "Lysis, " Socrates and others discuss separate ethical conceptions. "Protagoras, Ion, " and "Meno" discuss whether righteousness can be taught. In "Gorgias, " Socrates is estranged from his citys thought, and his fate is impending. The "Apology" (not a dialogue), "Crito, Euthyphro, " and the unforgettable "Phaedo" relate the trial and death of Socrates and propound the immortality of the soul. In the famous "Symposium" and "Phaedrus, " written when Socrates was still alive, we find the origin and meaning of love. "Cratylus" discusses the nature of language. The great masterpiece in ten books, the "Republic, " concerns righteousness (and involves education, equality of the sexes, the structure of society, and abolition of slavery). Of the six so-called dialectical dialogues "Euthydemus" deals with philosophy; metaphysical "Parmenides" is about general concepts and absolute being; "Theaetetus" reasons about the theory of knowledge. Of its sequels, "Sophist" deals with not-being; "Politicus" with good and bad statesmanship and governments; "Philebus" with what is good. The "Timaeus" seeks the origin of the visible universe out of abstract geometrical elements. The unfinished "Critias" treats of lost Atlantis. Unfinished also is Platos last work of the twelve books of "Laws" (Socrates is absent from it), a critical discussion of principles of law which Plato thought the Greeks might accept.
The Loeb Classical Librarys Plato is in twelve volumes.

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Se apoder  de m  el temor de quedarme completamente ciego de alma si miraba a las cosas con los ojos. 
 
El presente volumen re ne tres di logos fundamentales de Plat n; tres de sus obras m s le das y comentadas, junto a La rep blica . En Fed n, que tiene lugar durante las  ltimas horas de vida de S crates, Plat n expone sus ideas en relaci n a la madurez y reflexiona sobre la inmortalidad del alma.

Fedro, reconocido como uno de los di logos plat nicos m s bellos, gira en torno al tema del amor.  Este tambi n se convierte en objeto de reflexi n en Banquete, considerada una de las obras cumbres escritas sobre esta cuesti n y en la que el di logo se desarrolla a lo largo de una reuni n de amigos e intelectuales.
 
Este magn fico volumen presenta la traducci n cl sica de Luis Gil y Mar a Arujo. Asimismo la edici n est  a cargo de Fernando P rez-Borbujo, fil sofo y profesor titular en la facultad de humanidades de la Universidad Pompeu Fabra de Barcelona.
 
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I was gripped by the fear of being completely blind in my soul if I looked at things with my eyes. 
 
This volume unites three of Plato s fundamental dialogues: three of his most read and commented works, next to The Republic. In Phaedo, which takes place during the last hours of Socrates s life, Plato explains his ideas about maturity and reflects about immortality of the soul. Phaedrus, recognized as one of the most beautiful Platonic dialogues, revolves around the theme of love. This also becomes an object of reflection in Symposium, considered one of the written masterpieces about this topic, which takes place at a meeting of friends and intellectuals.
 
This magnificent book presents the classic translation by Luis Gil and Mar a Arujo. In addition, the edition is under the care of Fernando P rez-Borbujo, philosopher and professor of Humanities at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona.

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