Analyzing Plato's Five Dialogues

Plato was perhaps one of the most intriguing minds of his time. His works influenced many of today�s great minds. One of his greatest works was his Five Dialogues. The Five Dialogues include: Euthyphro; Apology; Crito; Meno; and Phaedo. Of the five books, Phaedo is arguable the most captivating. Phaedo is an account of the ideas of the great philosopher, Socrates. In Phaedo, Socrates discusses many controversial ideas such as philosophical method, death, the true philosopher, and many other ideas as well. Socrates also discusses the nature of the soul in Phaedo. The nature of the soul is one of the main points of Plato�s dialogues. It is also important to understand the soul�s role in acquiring philosophical knowledge. Both of these ideas are
It is the only way in which a person can truly achieve true wisdom. Socrates understood this and tried to explain it to others. Socrates makes a strong argument for the immortality of the soul and the need for separation between the soul and body. I believe that in order to achieve true wisdom and philosophical knowledge one must use one�s soul and not one�s senses. It is necessary to separate the soul form the body in order to avoid being mislead by the senses. The only true way in order to achieve this separation is through death. I believe that the soul is immortal and in death transcends the body and achieves true wisdom. Socrates poses very strong arguments for these ideas and through his arguments convinced and inspired many great minds.Plato was perhaps one of the most intriguing minds of his time. His works influenced many of today�s great minds. One of his greatest works was his Five Dialogues. The Five Dialogues include: Euthyphro; Apology; Crito; Meno; and Phaedo. Of the five books, Phaedo is arguable the most captivating. Phaedo is an account of the ideas of the great philosopher, Socrates. In Phaedo, Socrates discusses many controversial ideas such as philosophical method, death, the true philosopher, and many other ideas as well. Socrates also discusses the nature of the soul in Phaedo. The nature of the soul is one of the main points of Plato�s dialogues. It is also important to understand the soul�s role in acquiring
In order to truly understand reality we must transcend our body and senses. Our senses can mislead us. Socrates claims �the body confuses the soul and does not allow it to acquire truth and wisdom�. For example: just because what one might see looks like a plant, it might not necessary be a plant. A plant is a living thing. What we see might simply be a plastic replica. In order to acquire true knowledge we must separate our soul from our bodies. Socrates says:
�The body keeps us busy in a thousand different ways because of its need for nurture�It fills us with wants, desires, fears, al sorts of illusions and much nonsense, so that, as it said, in truth and in fact no thought of any kind ever comes to us from the body. Only the body and its desires cause war, civil discord and battles, for all wars are due to the desire to acquire wealth, and it is the body and the care of it, to which we are we are enslaved, which compel us to acquire wealth, and all this makes us too busy to practise