PHIL 1000H Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Socratic Questioning, Upanishads, Salt Pit
29 Sep 2017
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Lecture january 31, 2017: phaedo (to 69e, kena upanishad, mundaka upanishad. Phaedo: socrates dies by drinking poison, his last hours spent in prison with his friends, deals with death, socrates says the soul is immortal- arguments for immortality of the soul, echecrates asking phaedo how socrates died. He (cid:449)as ill: plato is giving the idea that what is being read is not historical, o(cid:272)(cid:396)ates"s f(cid:396)ie(cid:374)ds sho(cid:449) up a(cid:374)d talk a(cid:271)out death, phadeo describing the scene- 60b- soc(cid:396)ates sat up o(cid:374) the (cid:271)ed . The sha(cid:272)kles he had o(cid:374) his legs (cid:272)aused hi(cid:373) pai(cid:374), (cid:271)ut (cid:374)o(cid:449) that the(cid:455)"(cid:396)e off, it (cid:272)auses hi(cid:373) pleasu(cid:396)e: a philosopher should not grieve at the prospect of death, and should not be afraid of dying. Socrates says, 62b, gods are our guardians and we are their possessions. He is saying that our lives are not our own. Its wrong for a possession to destroy itself without permission, or without a sign from the gods.
