SAPERE XX: On death

Über den Tod, introduced, translated and provided with interpretative essays by Irmgard Männlein-Robert / Oliver Schelske / Michael Erler / Reinhard Feldmeier / Sven Grosse / Achim Lohmar / Heinz-Günther Nesselrath / Uta Poplutz, Tübingen 2012.

The dialogue Axiochos , which has been handed down under Plato's name, deals with the timeless question of whether one should be afraid of death. Socrates tries to free his terminally ill interlocutor Axiochos from his fear of death through various philosophical arguments. But only the basic Platonic conviction of the immortality of the soul can finally overcome Axiochos' fears.

Männlein-Robert, Irmgard; Schelske, Oliver; Erler, Michael; Feldmeier, Reinhard; Grosse, Sven; Lohmar, Achim; Nesselrath, Heinz-Günther; Poplutz, Uta
Composite volume; German, Ancient Greek
Published: 2012
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck Verlag: Tübingen