Philosophy · Plato
Phaedo
Plato, c. 428–348 BCE — in Greek.
The dialogue of Socrates' last day — on the soul (psychē, ψυχή) and the arguments for its survival of death.
The words most alive here
- οὗτος · houtos 452
- ἠέ · ēe 260
- λέγω · legō 213
- ὅστις · hostis 176
- ὦ · ō 164
- ἔχω · echō 163
- ὡς · hōs 162
- γίγνομαι · gignomai 141
- ψυχή · psychē 135
- τίς · tis 118
- λόγος · logos 114
- σῶμα · sōma 104
By how often they stand in this work, the commonest particles set aside. Each opens onto its own word.
Read from it
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ἴσως μὲν οὖν ᾧ εἰκάζω τρόπον τινὰ οὐκ ἔοικεν:
Plato, Phaedo 100 (DIORISIS sentence 891) -
οὐ γὰρ πάνυ συγχωρῶ τὸν ἐν λόγοις σκοπούμενον τὰ ὄντα ἐν εἰκόσι μᾶλλον σκοπεῖν ἢ τὸν ἐν ἔργοις.
Plato, Phaedo 100 (DIORISIS sentence 892) -
ἀλλʼ οὖν δὴ ταύτῃ γε ὥρμησα, καὶ ὑποθέμενος ἑκάστοτε λόγον ὃν ἂν κρίνω ἐρρωμενέστατον εἶναι, ἃ μὲν ἄν μοι δοκῇ τούτῳ συμφωνεῖν τίθημι ὡς ἀληθῆ ὄντα, καὶ περὶ αἰτίας καὶ περὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων ἃ δʼ ἂν μή, ὡς οὐκ ἀληθῆ.
Plato, Phaedo 100 (DIORISIS sentence 893) -
βούλομαι δέ σοι σαφέστερον εἰπεῖν ἃ λέγω:
Plato, Phaedo 100 (DIORISIS sentence 894) -
οἶμαι γάρ σε νῦν οὐ μανθάνειν.
Plato, Phaedo 100 (DIORISIS sentence 895) -
οὐ μὰ τὸν ἔφη ὁ οὐ σφόδρα.
Plato, Phaedo 100 (DIORISIS sentence 896)
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