Reflection on Phaedo by Plato

Abstract

“Phaedoâ€, one of the Plato’s dialogues, narrates the day of Socrates’ sentence, composed by the discussions he had with his disciples upon justice and immortality and the process of drinking poison to his last minute. Socrates is the first one in history who chose faith above life. In the western culture, there is no other work can compare with “Phaedo†in regard of its great influence. The trial on Socrates and the description for his last moment remains the foundation of the western ethics.