Phaedo

[ fee-doh ]

noun

1. 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.

Example Sentences

“All of philosophy is training for death,” he said, according to Plato’s “Phaedo.”

From Washington Post

As detailed in “Phaedo,” Socrates, who chose to cover his face, was instructed to walk around after drinking the poison until his legs grew numb.

From Washington Post

“That was a peculiar poem he read, wasn’t it? I would have suggested something from the Phaedo.”

From Literature

The scene was immortalised by Plato in his dialogue Phaedo and later by artists such as Jacques Louis David, whose painting hangs in New York’s Metropolitan Museum.

From The Guardian

When Phaedo asked about the nature of the afterlife, weren’t Socrates’ “questions” a bit . . . constrictive?

From Washington Post