Death of Socrates and the Life of Philosophy An Interpretation of Plato's Phaedo

Name: Death of Socrates and the Life of Philosophy An Interpretation of Plato's Phaedo
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ISBN: 9780791426340

ISBN-10: 0791426343

ISBN-13: 9780791426340

Edition: 1995

Authors: Peter J. Ahrensdorf

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Shows that the dialogue in Plato's Phaedo is primarily devoted to presenting Socrates' final defense of the philosophical life against the theoretical and political challenge of religion.

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 9/14/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English

Peter J. Ahrensdorf is James Sprunt Professor of Political Science and Affiliated Professor of Classics at Davidson College. He is the author of Greek Tragedy and Political Philosophy: Rationalism and Religion in Sophocles' Theban Plays and The Death of Socrates and the Life of Philosophy: An Interpretation of Plato's Phaedo.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Context of Socrates' Defense of Philosophy



The Opening of the Dialogue



The Opening of Socrates' Last Conversation



Socrates' Defense of the Philosopher's Readiness to Die



The First Argument for the Immortality of the Soul



The Argument that Learning is Recollection



The Third Argument for the Immortality of the Soul



The Objections of Simmias and Cebes to the Argument for Immortality



Socrates' Warning Against Misology



Socrates' Response to Simmias' Argument Against Immortality



Socrates' Response to Cebes' Argument Against Immortality



The Ending of the Dialogue


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index