The Death of Socrates and the Life of Philosophy: An Interpretation of Plato’s Phaedo

Description

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.

• Author: Peter J. Ahrensdorf
• Publisher: SUNY Press
• Published: 1995-01-01
• Pages: 252
• ISBN-13: 9780791426333