Arguments for the Existence of the Soul. Despite being presented an opportunity to escape the prison, the sophist declined to flee. He will be put to death. The Phaedo is the final Platonic dialogue focused on the life Socrates. Backstory: This painting is largely based on a dialogue of Plato, entitled Phaedo, in which he describes the death of Socrates. The life and death of Socrates are enshrined in the works of Plato, Socrates' pupil. The archon was surprised by his audacity but eventually sentenced him to death by drinking poison. There are, however, certain curious features Now just because someone sits on a desk it doesn’t mean it is … In 399 B.C. The trial and death of Socrates : being the Euthyphron, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Plato Item Preview > remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Socrates is freed from his chains while remaining confined to his cell. 2,500 years later we remember his words. SOCRATES' DEATH and PLATO's THEORY of the FORMS. This is the story of the first martyr of free speech. In 399 BCE, the Athenian courts convicted the philosopher Socrates of impiety, declaring he … His friends rise early to visit to his prison cell one last time and converse with him before his death.… Plato lived in Athens from 429 to 347 BCE, where he founded his Academy. Epaminondas: "The Trial and Death of Socrates" by Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo (trans. She waves at us while walking away. Socrates who strongly believed in the righteousness of his actions, continued to defend himself even in his death. THE DEATH OF SOCRATES THE scen aet the end of th Phaedo,e in which Plato describes how Socrates dies by poisoning from hemlock is movin,g and impressive It give. When this sentence was decided upon, Socrates failed to act in his own interests and present a credible alternative to the death penalty. the death of socrates depicted a real and truly horrific event. s u s the sense of witnessing directl any actual event, accurately and vividly th describede , death of the historical Socrates. Plato’s Account of Socrates’ Death (From the Phaedo - 115b-118b) [The character Phaedo is narrating the account of Socrates’ death to his friend Echecrates …] Nothing new, Crito, said Socrates, just what I am always telling you. Directed by Natasa Prosenc Stearns, Matias Basso, Jonathan Beckhardt. Plato, in turn, trained another major figure of the Western Tradition: Aristotle. The trial, last days, and death of Socrates are successively related in several works by Plato. In this dialogue, Socrates discusses the life after death on the day before his execution. Grube) (Original Review, 2000-12-02) I'm not trying to do much more than suggest Plato isn't starting from a blank sheet but from huge trauma: the death of a way of life that produced his great teacher, Socrates, but at the same time, killed him. The wife of Socrates, Xanthippe, is in the left background in a red robe. Condemned to death, Socrates, strong, calm and at peace, discusses the immortality of the soul. Surrounded by Crito, his grieving friends and students, he is teaching, philosophizing, and in fact, thanking the God of Health, Asclepius, for the hemlock brew which will insure a peaceful death. EMBED. Socrates was accused of "impiety" and of "neglect of the Gods whom the city worships and the practise of religious novelties" and of the "corruption of the young". Socrates is on trial for his life. It details the last hours of Socrates before he pays the ultimate price. Socrates was condemned to death in 399 BC after he was found guilty of impiety and of corrupting the youth of Athens. With Ray Abruzzo, Jayne Anderson, Kilin Aska, Massimo Ajmone Basso. G.M.A.