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| Phaedo | |
|---|---|
| Φαίδων | |
 Text from a 3rd century BCE papyrus fragment containing the Phaedo | |
| Also known as | On the Soul |
| Author(s) | Plato |
| Compiled by | Thrasyllus of Mendes |
| Language | Attic Greek |
| Date | 4th century BCE |
| Provenance | Byzantine empire |
| Series | Plato's dialogues |
| Manuscript(s) | List |
| Principal manuscript(s) | Codex Oxoniensis Clarkianus 39 |
| First printed edition | 1513 by Aldus Manutius |
| Genre | Socratic dialogue |
| Subject | Immortality of the soul |
| Setting | Ancient Athens |
| Personages | Socrates, Simmias, Cebes of Thebes, Phaedo of Elis, Echecrates of Phlius |
| Text | Phaedo at Wikisource |
Phaedo (/ˈfiːdoʊ/; Ancient Greek: Φαίδων, Phaidōn) is a dialogue written by Plato, in which Socrates discusses the immortality of the soul and the nature of the afterlife with his friends in the hours leading up to his death. Socrates explores various arguments for the soul's immortality with the Pythagorean philosophers Simmias and Cebes of Thebes in order to show that there is an afterlife in which the soul will dwell following death. The dialogue concludes with a mythological narrative of the descent into Tarturus and an account of Socrates' final moments before his execution.