The Role Of Dualism In Plato's Phaedo

Phaedo, a dialogue written by Plato, is about Socrates last day as he is surrounded by friends and pondering suicide and whether it is right or wrong. The dialogue is between Echecrates and Phaedo, where Echecrates is questioning Phaedo about how Socrates final hours went down, inquiring about what his final thought where, as he pays very close attention to details being told by Phaedo. “Then he, or any man who has the spirit of philosophy, will be willing to die, though he will not take his own life, for that is held not to be right.” Says Socrates in Plato’s dialogue as he starts to really question it.
According to our philosophy book it states that “Both Plato’s general metaphysical dualism and his mind-body dualism are evident in …The Phaedo.” Metaphysical meaning that there are two types of reality, physical and spiritual, and the mind body dualism meaning, that the mind and body aren’t identical, which are both represented in Phaedo. “As a written text, the Phaedo repudiates misology. It stands as powerful testimony to Plato’s commitment to the transformative power of the written word.” Says Christopher P Long in a …show more content…
The forth position is, the theorizing the unchangeable and undistinguishable forms as the reason for everything in the world. All things hold what assets they have only through contribution in these Forms. The Form of Life is a vital property of the soul, Socrates then says how it would be inconceivable to think of the soul as ever being anything but alive. Socrates says not only that the soul is immortal, but also that it anticipates certainties after its departure from the body at the time of death. Socrates concludes with this allegory of what happens to souls after passing. Then he takes a bath, says some last goodbyes, drinks the lethal hemlock, and drifts faintly from this world to the