Phaedo
historical figure · 3 works · 6 mentions · 10 anchored passages
Phaedo the disciple of Socrates
in the texts
Phaedo
Eyewitness to Socrates' death and narrator of the dialogue to Echecrates.
Phaedo.
Phaedo.
Well, Phaedo, you will have hearers who feel as you do;
On the Nature of the Gods
Disciple of Socrates spoken of foully by Epicurus.
As for Phaedrus, nothing was more elegant, nothing more humane, yet the old man was vexed if I said anything too harsh — while Epicurus assailed Aristotle most insultingly, spoke most foully of Phaedo the disciple of Socrates, cut to pieces in whole volumes Timocrates, the brother of his comrade Metrodorus, because he disagreed on some point of philosophy, was ungrateful to Democritus himself, who …
Letters to Lucilius
Philosopher (associate of Socrates) cited for an analogy about small creatures whose bite goes unfelt until a swelling appears.
'Certain tiny creatures,' as Phaedo says, 'when they bite are not felt;