/lit/ - Literature

The soul discussion is the most boring part of Phaedo, even if it is the main theme of the book.

The best part is when Socrates explains his childhood inspiration to study Philosophy, when after learning about Anaxagoras' theory of the Mind as a force of order in the universe, he got obsessed with the idea that cause and effect follows the "best" possible path, so one should discover why it Is objectively preferable that things are exactly the way they are. Knowing this initial motivation explains a lot of his subsequent thought and also some general trends for Western civilization..

The second best part is at the end when Socrates describes what he thinks the world looks like.