Plato: On the Soul #
Division of the Phaedo #
division · Phaedo 01 · 9 pages · PDF · 01-Division_of_the_Phaedo.pdf
Covers: Outline of the whole Phaedo, from the framing scene (57A-59E) through the last day of Socrates (60A-118), including the discussions on whether the philosopher should be willing to die, the two parts on the soul’s immortality, the muthos about the soul after death (107C-115A), and Socrates’ death. Uses Stephanus, not Bekker, numbering (57A-118).
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Paper on the Phaedo (Phaedo Talk) #
paper · Phaedo 02 · 15 pages · PDF · 02-Paper_on_the_Phaedo.pdf
Covers: An essay/talk on Plato’s Phaedo: what a Platonic dialogue is, the dialogue’s structure (whether the philosopher should be willing to die, the immortality of the soul, and the concluding myth), and closing remarks on the importance of the study of the soul and the dispositions needed for inquiry (hope and fear, logic).
Read from in:
- Introduction to Philosophy & Logic (1999) — 34. Second Figure Syllogisms, the Power of the Figures, and Why Universal Negatives Convert (from 7:08) · p. 11
- De Anima — 65. Article Three: Are Animal Souls Subsistent? Sense vs. Intellect, Proportion, and Greek Humility (from 5:29) · p. 14
- De Anima — 69. Summa I q.75 a.6: Why the Human Soul Is Incorruptible (Per Se and Per Accidens, Form and Existence, No Contrariety in the Understanding) (from 32:30) · p. 12
- Wisdom (2005) — 49. The Meanings of ‘Necessary’ and Metaphysics IX, Reading 4: Rational Ability, Choice, and Mind versus Love as First Mover (from 8:15) · p. 10
- Prima Secundae — 18. Aquinas on Beatitude II: The Vision of God’s Essence, the Wonder to Know What Things Are, and Pleasure in Beatitude (q.3 a.8, q.4 a.1) (from 6:08) · p. 3