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The Phaedo is a philosophical dialogue between Socrates and his friends on the day before his death. Socrates’ friends are distressed at Socrates’ approaching execution and at the prospect of their having to part forever and they wonder at Socrates’ calm and equanimity in the face of his imminent death. They ask him for the secret of his calm and the source of the faith which sustains him. Socrates tells them of his faith in the immortality of the soul and he expounds its contents in the face of philosophical questions and objections which he invites from his friends.
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© 1992 İlham Dilman
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Dilman, İ. (1992). Argument and Faith in the Dialogue. In: Philosophy and the Philosophic Life. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21797-7_1
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