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Phaedo

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Traditionally dated to Plato’s middle period.

Socrates’ final conversation and death in prison, arguing for the immortality of the soul.

This edition presents the original Greek (Burnet (OCT, 1900)) side by side with an English translation (H. N. Fowler) — with click-to-parse morphology, dictionary entries, and exact Stephanus citation. 62 pages.

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Greek text & translations

Greek: J. Burnet, ed. Platonis opera, vol. 1. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1900 (repr. 1967).
Translation: H. N. Fowler (Loeb, 1914).
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