PHIL 1F91 Lecture Notes - Fallacy, Modus Ponens, Cebes

• School: Brock University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 1F91
• Professor: Brian Lightbody

Document Summary

Depicts the last dialogue between socrates and his disciples. It occurs on the day of socrates execution. Cebes and simmias are the most important characters in the dialogue plato is absent. Apparently, he was very ill at the time. Phaedo recalled the story to plato and hence this is why it is called the phaedo. About socrates last speech and the moments leading up to his eventual death. The dialogue has a number of important themes. Third, the first mentioning of plato s metaphysical and epistemological theory of the forms. Phaedo is the first dialogue of plato s middle period. We see plato s theory of recollection more fully developed then in the meno. Fourth, we have a fully developed ethics for the true philosopher. Socrates answer: because the philosopher must care for the soul and the soul is more important than the body.