Phaedo

[ fee-doh ]

/ ˈfi doʊ /

noun

a philosophical dialogue (4th century b.c.) by Plato, purporting to describe the death of Socrates, dealing with the immortality of the soul, and setting forth the theory of Ideas.

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Example sentences from the Web for Phaedo

In the Phaedo the main argument up to which all the others lead is that the soul participates in the idea of life.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 3|Various
The myth of the Phaedo is of the same type, but it is more cosmological, and also more poetical.
Gorgias|Plato
They are not more certain than facts, but they are equally certain (Phaedo).
Meno|Plato
When Phaedo had been captured in war and shamefully enslaved, Socrates bade Crito ransom him, and made him a philosopher.
Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12|Various

That men are the possession of the Gods (Laws), is a reflection which likewise occurs in the Phaedo.
Laws|Plato

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