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The main theme behind the “Phaedo” is Socrates’ readiness and willingness to die, because of his belief of immortality. Socrates believed that when his body ceased to exist anymore, that his soul would leave and join that of the forms, where he would be eternally. Socrates believed so strongly in this, that not only did he not fear his death, he welcomed it. He believed that only when the soul separated from the body, is a person able to be truly enlightened and gain all knowledge. This “enlightenment” has been Socrates’ life long goal of discovering the truth. Even at his hour of death, Socrates showed no hesitation. However, Socrates’ friends did not believe so strongly, and took some great convincing by Socrates, to allow his friends to be okay with his death. The two proofs that Socrates used to convince his friends are the “Doctrine of Opposites” and the “simple and composite theory. The first proof, the “Doctrine of Opposites,” is the type of proof that uses a sequence of factual statements the lead from to another to prove that one thing is the same as another thing. The “Doctrine of Opposites” uses simple references to allow the reader to easily comprehend and follow the steps of the logical process. For example, hot comes from cold. An object could not possibly be hot if it was never heated up from the state of being cold. The same holds true for the reverse of this analogy. If cold object must have at one point been cooled down from a state of being hot.
Approximate Word count = 1032
Approximate Pages = 4.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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