Plato: Phaedo

Plato

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511620287

The book is written for anyone seriously interested in Plato's thought and in the history of literary theory or of rhetoric. No knowledge of Greek is required. The focus of this account is on how the resources both of persuasive myth and of formal argument, for all that Plato sets them in strong contrast, nevertheless complement and reinforce each other in his philosophy.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
pp v-viii
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Preface
pp ix-ix
- By R.H., Cambridge
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List of Abbreviations
pp x-x
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INTRODUCTION
pp 1-24
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TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY
pp 25-26
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I - 57A–59C
pp 27-31
Introductory conversation
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II - 59C–62C
pp 32-38
Socrates as poet. The wickedness of suicide
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III - 62C–64C
pp 39-43
The philosopher's readiness to die
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IV - 64C–67B
pp 44-51
The philosopher's detachment from the body
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V - 67B–69E
pp 52-57
Moral virtue, genuine and spurious
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VI - 69E–72D
pp 58-65
The first argument for immortality. The cycle of opposites
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VII - 72E–77A
pp 66-77
A complementary argument. The theory of recollection
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VIII - 77A–78B
pp 78-80
Combined results of the two preceding arguments. Socrates as charmer
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IX - 78B–80C
pp 81-86
Third argument. The kinship of souls and forms
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X - 80C–82D
pp 87-91
The after-life of unpurified souls
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XI - 82D–85B
pp 92-96
Socrates describes the philosopher's progress and declares his swan-song to be a song of joy
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XII - 85B–88B
pp 97-104
Simmias and Cebes explain their doubts
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XIII - 88C–91C
pp 105-111
Interlude. A warning against ‘misology’
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XIV - 91C–95A
pp 112-120
Refutation of Simmias's theory of soul
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XV - 95A–99D
pp 121-132
Socrates as student of natural science
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XVI - 99D–102A
pp 133-146
The new method of hypothesis
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XVII - 102A–105B
pp 147-157
The exclusion of opposites
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XVIII - 105B–107B
pp 158-166
The argument concluded. Soul is both deathless and indestructible
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XIX - 107C–110B
pp 167-175
Myth of the after-life
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XX - 110B–112E
pp 176-181
The splendour of the true earth. The rivers of the underworld
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XXI - 112E–115A
pp 182-186
The myth concluded. Its truth and value
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XXII - 115B–118
pp 187-190
The last scene
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Additional Notes
pp 191-194
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The Criticisms of Strato
pp 195-198
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