Death in socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

In Fred Feldman Ben Bradley (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Death. Oxford University Press. pp. 186 (2013)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

This chapter examines the views of death by ancient Greek philosophers including Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato. It suggests that Aristotle offered no cheerful optimism similar to Socrates in his “Apology” and did not provide any arguments about the immortality of the soul like Plato in “Phaedo.” What Aristotle attempted to do was to help us face immortality that can enhance our chances of living worthy lives.

Categories

Keywords

Reprint years

DOI

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195388923.013.0008

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 93,867

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

My notes

Similar books and articles

The Ethics of the Greek Philosophers, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.James H. Hyslop - 1903 - Higgins.
Ancient Greek Philosophy.Robert Wardy - 1996 - In Nicholas Bunnin & Eric Tsui-James (eds.), The Blackwell Companion to Philosophy. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 583–600.
The Trial and Death of Socrates: Being the Euthyphron, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Plato.F. J. Plato & Church - 1892 - London: Macmillan.
Plato on the trial and death of Socrates: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo.Lane Plato & Cooper - 1941 - Ithaca: Cornell university press. Edited by Lane Cooper.
Plato on the trial and death of Socrates. Plato - 1974 - New York: B. Franklin. Edited by Lane Cooper.
The Last Days of Socrates.Harrold Tarrant - 1959 - New York: Penguin Classics. Edited by Hugh Tredennick & Harold Tarrant.
The Long Dark Night of The Hat.S. W. Sondheimer - 2021-10-12 - In Jeffery L. Nicholas (ed.), The Expanse and Philosophy. Wiley. pp. 187–194.
Myth and Metaphysics in Plato's Phaedo. [REVIEW]David Apolloni - 1994 - Noûs 28 (1):101-103.
Zon op de bergen--: gedachten over leven en dood op Socrates' laatste dag volgens de Phaedo van Plato.Simon Jan Ridderbos - 1994 - Kampen: Kok Agora.
The Death of Socrates an Interpretation of the Platonic Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito and Phaedo.Romano Guardini & Basil Wrighton - 1948 - Sheed & Ward.

Analytics

Added to PP
2014-02-01

Downloads
229 (#90,403)

6 months
20 (#173,532)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Citations of this work

A Horse Is a Horse, of Course, of Course, but What about Horseness?Necip Fikri Alican - 2015 - In Debra Nails & Harold Tarrant (eds.), Second Sailing: Alternative Perspectives on Plato. Societas Scientiarum Fennica. pp. 307–324.
'Making New Gods? A Reflection on the Gift of the Symposium.Mitchell Miller - 2015 - In Debra Nails & Harold Tarrant (eds.), Second Sailing: Alternative Perspectives on Plato. Societas Scientiarum Fennica. pp. 285-306.

View all 7 citations / Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references