The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers · Character
Phaedo of Elis
Taken from Elis as a prisoner of war and ransomed into philosophy, he founded his own school and gave his name to Plato's most haunting dialogue.
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Also known as Phaedo the Elean
First appearance: Phaedo
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Listed among the four most eminent Socratic followers.
Phaedo of Elis first appears in 0024 phaedo.
In Socrates: Listed among the four most eminent Socratic followers.
Later, in Phaedo: Phaedo the Elean, a Eupatrid, was enslaved after his country's subjugation and ransomed by Socrates, later studying philosophy and writing dialogues.
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- Socratic Circle and Historian
- Major Philosophers and Biographers
- Diverse Pre-Socratics, Sophists, and Later Philosophers
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