Phaedo (Clarendon Plato series)

Excerpt from Phaedo: With Introduction, Notes, and AppendicesCh. V. - VII. - Socrates expresses the omon that a philosopher should be willing, even wishful, to die, but quotes two stock reasons against suicide: (1) We are in custody here, and ought not to try to escape (2) we are the slaves of the gods, and so ought not to deprive them of our services. Simmias and Cebes raise the objection that in that case Socrates ought not to wish to die.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.