"Phaedo" Quotes
"Phaedo" by Plato explores the soul's immortality through Socrates' final philosophical discussions on death and the afterlife before his execution.
philosophy | 144 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
The soul takes nothing with her to the other world but her education and her culture.
Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.
The wise man will want to be ever with him who is better than himself.
The body is the source of endless trouble to us by reason of the mere requirement of food; and is liable also to diseases which overtake and impede us in the search after truth.
For all good and evil, whether in the body or in human nature, originates... in the soul, and overflows from thence, as from the head into the eyes.
The soul, whose inseparable attribute is life, will never admit of life's opposite, death.
The soul is immortal, and 'tis not to be destroyed; and if it is, I have a great desire that it may happen to me very soon.
The true order of going... is to use the body in the loves of young persons for the sake of the soul, and not to value the body for the sake of the soul.
The philosopher is always happy in the present, and not always happy in the future.
