Phaedon

Or, the Death of Socrates

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Moses Mendelssohn

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Moses Mendelssohn (1729-86) is considered the father of the Jewish Enlightenment and the last great Leibnizian in the German philosophical tradition. One of his most successful works was this dialogue on the immortality of the soul, modelled on Plato's "Phaedo". Mendelssohn sought to recast Plato's proofs of the soul's immortality by adding "such arguments as are supplied by modern philosophy". Like its ancient ancestor, Mendelssohn's dialogue includes an account of the death of Socrates - an important figure in 18th-century Europe. ""Ph don": or, "The Death of Socrates"", originally published in German in 1767 and translated by Charles Cullen in 1789, has never been rendered into modern English. Cullen's translation is thus the only recourse for present-day scholars who cannot read German. It is long out of print and difficult to find, even in the largest academic libraries. Now that the Englishspeaking philosophical world is delving ever more deeply into the history of German philosophy, this facsimile of the 1789 edition - newly introduced by Curtis Bowman - should be widely welcomed.

Release date Australia

May 1st, 2004

Author

Moses Mendelssohn

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Undergraduate

Contributor

Introduction by Curtis Bowman

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Edition

1789 ed

Imprint

Thoemmes Continuum

Pages

290

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Dimensions

138x216x28

ISBN-13

9781843711070

Product ID

5695070

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