Fear of death and misology in Plato’s Phaedo
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Plato, Phaedo, death, misologyAbstract
This article aims to investigate the relationship between the dialogue Phaedo and the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, described at the beginning of the dialogue. If Plato tends to insert Socrates as a philosophical hero in a dialogue that is permeated by the religious theme, opening with the mention of the festival of the Athenian delegation celebrating Theseus and ending with Socrates’ mention of a debt to Asclepius, such heroicity is in line with the representation of Socrates as the hero freeing himself and his companions from the Minotaur, represented by the threat to the soul through fear of death and misology.
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