Plato: Phaedo
08/03/2016
The Phaedo (Greek: Φαίδων) is a dialogue by Plato, portraying the death of Socrates, following the events described in the Euthyphro, Apology and Crito. After the death-sentence of the Athenian courts, Socrates spends his final hours in conversation with his companions, making a series of arguments for the immortality of the soul, before accepting death by a cup of poisonous hemlock.
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Free Online Texts
Gutenberg: Phaedo by Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett, multiple formats.
Internet Archive: The Harvard Classics, Volume 2. Plato, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius. The Apology, Crito and Phaedo, by Plato. The Golden Sayings by Epictetus. The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. EPUB, MOBI, TXT & PDF formats.
Internet Classics Archive: Phaedo. HTML and TXT formats.
Loebulus. L036 - Plato -- Euthyphro. Apology. Crito. Phaedo. Phaedrus. PDF of public domain Loeb edition in Greek and English.
Perseus: Greek Text, edited by John Burnet (1903). English text, translated by Harold North Fowler (1966). HTML and XML formats.
University of Adelaide (Internet Archive): Phaedo, translated by Benjamin Jowett. EPUB, HTML and MOBI formats.
Other Resources
Approaching Plato: A Guide to the Early and Middle Dialogues
Dale E. Burrington: Guides to the Socratic Dialogues.
History of Philosophy without any gaps: Famous Last Words: Plato's Phaedo - podcast by philosopher Peter Adamson.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Phaedo, by Tim Connolly.
Librivox: Phaedo, public domain audiobook.
PhilPapers: Plato- Phaedo - open access papers.
Youtube: The Death of Socrates - play by Jonathan Miller adapted from the Crito and Phaedo.
YouTube: History of Ancient Philosophy - Plato's Phaedo Part I | Part II. Lectures by Adam Rosenfeld.
The Great Conversation: Further Reading at Tom's Learning Notes.
Plato: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito.
Aristotle: On the Soul (De Anima).
Ancient Greek resources: Learn to read Greek classics in the original.
Bloom's Western Canon: The Dialogues are listed.
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