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Discussing "Phaedo," Or "On The Soul," By Plato
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Chapters
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Various Positions On The Immortality Or Existence Of The Soul
10:30
Context
12:44
The Balance Of Pleasure And Pain
15:10
Philosophy As Preparation For Death
17:05
The True And The Useful
18:43
Nihilism And Consumerism
20:30
Plato's Roadblock
25:55
The Danger Of A Valid Premise And An Invalid Inference
28:37
Moderation And Licentiousness
31:05
Pre-Birth Knowledge And Forms
33:39
The Invisible And Unchanging And The Visible And Changing
34:56
A Definition Of Wisdom
36:08
The Greatest Evil In Experiencing Violent Pain Or Pleasure
37:32
Closing
Canonball
Discussing "Phaedo," Or "On The Soul," By Plato
Dec 29, 2024
Season 2
Episode 73
Alex
In this episode of Canonball we discuss "Phaedo," which is one of the dialogues of Plato, who lived in the fifth and fourth centuries BC.
The cover art for this episode is Plato as depicted in a portion of the oil painting The Death of Socrates, which French painter Jacques-Louis David completed in 1787.
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