Cebes

But I do think, Cebes, that it is true that the gods are our guardians, and that we men are a part of their property.

Archive 2007-08-01 2007

However, as Cebes points out (88b), unless Socrates can establish that the soul is altogether exempt from destruction, confidence of survival in the face of death is misplaced. Socrates 'soul may be a great deal more durable than his body, but as long as it is not truly imperishable, there can be no guarantee that it will survive Socrates' impending death.

Ancient Theories of Soul Lorenz, Hendrik 2009

But I do think, Cebes, that it is true that the gods are our guardians, and that we men are a part of their property.

Another Look at an Ethical Issue in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007

Once Cebes accepts the hypothesis, a novel implication is announced (100c3-7):

Plato's Middle Period Metaphysics and Epistemology Silverman, Allan 2008

The central evidence for Philolaus 'date is Plato's reference to him in the Phaedo (61d-e). Socrates' interlocutors, Simmias and Cebes, indicate that they had heard Philolaus in Thebes at some time before the dramatic date of the dialogue (399 BC).

Philolaus Huffman, Carl 2008

This would motivate Plato's allusion to Philolaus as the teacher of Socrates 'interlocutors, Simmias and Cebes, in the Phaedo, which scholars have often dated in the years immediately following Plato's return from Italy.

Philolaus Huffman, Carl 2008

Antisthenes never leave me; or why have Cebes and Simmias come all the way from Thebes to stay with me?

Memorabilia 2007

Chaerephon, and Chaerecrates, to Hermogenes, to Simmias and Cebes, to Phaedondes and others, who clung to him not to excel in the rhetoric of the Assembly or the law-courts, but with the nobler ambition of attaining to such beauty and goodliness of soul as would enable them to discharge the various duties of life to house and family, to relatives and friends, to fellow-citizens, and to the state at large.

Memorabilia 2007

Simmias the Theban, has brought a large sum of money for this very purpose; and Cebes and many others are prepared to spend their money in helping you to escape.

Crito 2006

He was the teacher of Simmias and Cebes, who became disciples of Socrates.

Timaeus 2006