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Plato's Phaedo: Four Arguments for the Soul's Immortality — Read in Dialogue Order
Ancient

Plato's Phaedo: Four Arguments for the Soul's Immortality — Read in Dialogue Order

Set on the day of Socrates' execution, Plato's Phaedo develops four arguments for the soul's immortality.
Epicurus: 'Pleasure Is the Beginning and End of the Good' — The Philosopher Who Dispelled Fear and Taught the Gentle Life
Ancient

Epicurus: 'Pleasure Is the Beginning and End of the Good' — The Philosopher Who Dispelled Fear and Taught the Gentle Life

Epicurus inherited Democritus's atomism while placing 'pleasure' as the criterion of the good, and founded a philosophy that dispels the fear of death and dread of the gods. His thought connects deeply to modern science, utilitarianism, and existential inquiry.
Seneca: 'Life Is Long Enough, If You Know How to Use It' — A Stoic Practitioner Caught Between Power and Philosophy
Ancient

Seneca: 'Life Is Long Enough, If You Know How to Use It' — A Stoic Practitioner Caught Between Power and Philosophy

As Nero's tutor and de facto regent, Seneca stood at the centre of imperial power while dispensing Stoic prescriptions for time, anger, and death. The contradiction between his vast wealth and his sermons on frugality is precisely where his practical philosophy — philosophy that refuses to stay in the study — draws blood.
Plato's Apology of Socrates: Philosophy on Trial — A Record of the Man Who Argued for the Examined Life at the Cost of His Own
Ancient

Plato's Apology of Socrates: Philosophy on Trial — A Record of the Man Who Argued for the Examined Life at the Cost of His Own

In 399 BCE Socrates stood before an Athenian jury of over 500 citizens, charged with impiety and corrupting the youth. Plato's Apology records how, facing a death sentence, the philosopher declared that 'the unexamined life is not worth living' and refused to abandon his mission of inquiry to the very end.

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