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  • Phaedo Part 7

    Phaedo Part 7
    2026/06/25
    In which Socrates leads his companions through a vivid and intricate description of the cosmos and the soul’s journey after death, contrasting the corrupt earthly realm with a purer, more splendid existence beyond. As the hour of his own departure draws near, he calmly prepares for the final moments with a serene acceptance, imparting counsel to his friends and bidding them farewell with a gentle-hearted resolve.
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    22 分
  • Phaedo Part 6

    Phaedo Part 6
    2026/06/24
    In which Socrates leads his companions through a careful discourse on the absolute forms of beauty, greatness, and life, distinguishing true essences from their particulars and demonstrating how opposites interact and exclude one another. He further contemplates the soul’s nature as immortal and imperishable, urging attentive care for it beyond mortal life, with a view towards its journey and moral condition after death.
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    18 分
  • Phaedo Part 5

    Phaedo Part 5
    2026/06/23
    In which Socrates addresses doubts concerning the nature and immortality of the soul, carefully disentangling the arguments that liken it to a mere harmony of bodily elements and demonstrating the inconsistencies therein. He then reflects on his youthful philosophical inquiries into the causes of existence and the limitations of sensory knowledge, advocating instead for a searching contemplation of the soul’s essence through the light of reason.
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    33 分
  • Phaedo Part 4

    Phaedo Part 4
    2026/06/22
    In which Socrates gently leads his companions to contemplate the soul’s captivity by bodily desires and the philosopher’s hopeful striving to purify it for a future existence beyond mortal bonds. Yet, as doubts arise through thoughtful objections likening the soul to a fragile harmony or a worn garment, Socrates embraces these challenges with calm resolve, urging reasoned perseverance rather than despair.
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    22 分
  • Phaedo Part 3

    Phaedo Part 3
    2026/06/21
    In which Socrates and his companions explore the notion that our souls possessed knowledge before birth, recognising eternal and unchanging essences distinct from the mutable and corporeal body. They reflect upon the soul’s affinity to the divine and its destiny beyond bodily death, considering the purification of the soul through philosophy as a preparation for a life aligned with truth and immortality.
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    24 分
  • Phaedo Part 2

    Phaedo Part 2
    2026/06/20
    In which Socrates and his friends deliberate upon the nature of the soul and its liberation from the body, considering how true knowledge and wisdom are attainable only by disentangling the soul from bodily distractions and corruption. They further explore the soul’s immortality and its cyclic journey between life and death, invoking the principle of opposites and the doctrine of recollection to argue for the soul’s continued existence and its prior acquaintance with eternal truths.
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    20 分
  • Phaedo Part 1

    Phaedo Part 1
    2026/06/19
    In which Phaedo recounts the solemn yet serene gathering in the prison where Socrates, surrounded by friends, discourses on the nature of death and the philosopher’s pursuit of truth beyond the body. Through their thoughtful dialogue, they explore the soul’s detachment from bodily pleasures and the hope for a blessed existence after death, marking the commencement of a profound philosophical inquiry.
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    18 分
  • Meno Part 2 of the Dialogs

    Meno Part 2 of the Dialogs
    2026/06/18
    In which Socrates engages Meno in a dialectic exploration of virtue, questioning whether it is knowledge, can be taught, or is a divine gift, whilst examining the nature of true opinion and the existence of teachers of virtue in their city. They consider the paradox that while good men exist and guide others, there appear to be no clear instructors of virtue, suggesting it may arise from a form of divine instinct rather than human education.
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    37 分