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“Facing Death with a Clear Mind: Socrates' Last Conversation”
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Title: Phaedo
Author: Plato
Category: Philosophy & Big Ideas, World History, Faith, Spirituality & Meaning, Personal Growth
What does it look like to face death with total calm? Sam and Sophie sit with Plato's Phaedo, where Socrates spends his last day in prison chatting about the soul's immortality—and then drinks hemlock without flinching.
They walk through the scene, from Socrates…
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