Phaedo

Introduction

The Phaedo is an accounted dialogue from the early to middle period of Plato 's writing , which is comparable to his other earlier works the Republic and the Symposium . Put simply , it narrates the death of HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Socrates " \o "Socrates " Socrates , who is credited to be one of the founders of Western philosophy . To date , Phaedo is Plato 's seventh and , ultimately , his last discussion detailing the philosopher 's final days , the prior six being HYPERLINK "http /en .wikipedia .org /wiki /Theaetetus_ (dialogue " \o "Theaetetus (dialogue " Theaetetus , HYPERLINK

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Like Plato 's other works , Phaedo is a legitimate dialogue , though more spiritual and metaphysical in nature than the others . The person Socrates ' becomes a channel for Plato 's own thoughts , the dialogues becoming much longer , and having a far bigger cast of characters ADDIN EN .CITE Gallop7David GallopIntroduction to PhaedoOxford University PressOxford University press1996 (Gallop , 1996

A valuable feature of the Phaedo worth noting is the fact that the arguments of Socrates ' interlocutors are definitely much clearer and stronger compared with the many other dialogues...