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2016-09-01 NSPRM Phaedo - Autos in the Phaedo

Stephanos sections: 59a,59b,59c,59d Attendees: Pierre, Barbara, David, Regina, Eldar, Bradley, Sayon, Alex, JeffS What's the Phaedo all about? Self - αυτοσ (autos) - these are the first and last words of the Phaedo! Why? Why would a well-known Pythagorean like Echecrates start off with that interesting question, that starts the dialogue? What would happen if someone who had an interest in the Parmenides now picked up the Phaedo? (..of course, this is what we're now doing.) What would they see? Would a Pythagorean who knew about the Apology want to know about the death? Destiny - Socrates has the kind of soul.. Mystery!: all the autos'es Crito: self - why? How do they use autos? Does it highlight the myth? Socrates as a different kind of self. Is it possible that autos is used to highlight important distinctions made in the dialogue? touke vs moira There are 14 youths (7 female, 7 male) in the myth, plus Theseus himself. So that's 15. But there are 16 (named) characters to match, in the Phaedo dialogue itself. Why doesn't Phaedo include himself? Could Phaedo represent "Self"? or the one who understands the dialogue fully, i.e., the philosopher? Working from Plato's Phaedo: The Juan

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