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Philebus (Hardcover)
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Philebus (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R519
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After an interval of some months or years, and at Phlius, a town of
Peloponnesus, the tale of the last hours of Socrates is narrated to
Echecrates and other Phliasians by Phaedo the 'beloved disciple.'
The Dialogue necessarily takes the form of a narrative, because
Socrates has to be described acting as well as speaking. The
minutest particulars of the event are interesting to distant
friends, and the narrator has an equal interest in them. During the
voyage of the sacred ship to and from Delos, which has occupied
thirty days, the execution of Socrates has been deferred. (Compare
Xen. Mem.) The time has been passed by him in conversation with a
select company of disciples. But now the holy season is over, and
the disciples meet earlier than usual in order that they may
converse with Socrates for the last time. Those who were present,
and those who might have been expected to be present, are mentioned
by name. There are Simmias and Cebes (Crito), two disciples of
Philolaus whom Socrates 'by his enchantments has attracted from
Thebes' (Mem.), Crito the aged friend, the attendant of the prison,
who is as good as a friend-these take part in the conversation.
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