Plato: Phaedo · 44 of 44 · tr. Benjamin Jowett
Section 1ar
He was beginning to grow cold about the groin, when he uncovered his face, for he had covered himself up, and said (they were his last words)-he said: Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?
The debt shall be paid, said Crito; is there anything else?
There was no answer to this question; but in a minute or two a movement was heard, and the attendants uncovered him; his eyes were set, and Crito closed his eyes and mouth.
Such was the end, Echecrates, of our friend, whom I may truly call the wisest, and justest, and best of all the men whom I have ever known.
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Good Thought Word Deedethics
The Zoroastrian triad of right thought, right speech, and right action as the foundation of ethical life; truth-in-living.
Socrates' final words reflect the Zoroastrian triad of right thought (remembrance) and right action (payment).
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The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.
Asclepius is invoked as a personal deity to whom a debt must be paid.
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Using apparent contradiction, reversal, or riddle to destabilise ordinary understanding and induce insight.
The text presents Socrates' final words as a paradoxical instruction on the nature of wisdom and justice.
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