Socrates' Humaneness: What His Last Words Meant  

作　　者：Yasuhira Yahei Kanayama 

机构地区：[1]Graduate School of Humanities, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan

出　　处：《Frontiers of Philosophy in China》2019年第1期111-131,共21页中国哲学前沿（英文版）

摘　　要：Confucius emphasises the importance of humaneness (ren 仁)and rites (li 禮).Socrates, on the other hand, is often interpreted as a person who places far more importance on rational thinking, even to the exclusion of natural human feelings, especially on the ground of his attitude towards the sorrow of his wife and friends on his last day as described in Plato's Phaedo. Through clarifying two long-time riddles in this dialogue-namely,"What did Socrates mean by his last words, requesting Crito to offer a cock to Asclepius?", and "Was Plato really absent from the prison on Socrates5 last day, due to illness, as is mentioned by Phaedo?"-this paper argues that Socrates kept in mind the best interest of his wife and friends even at the moment of his death, and that his humane attitude is expressed in his last words, which were not only an expression of gratitude for Plato's recovery from a critical illness but also an exhortation to his friends to continue their care of the soul.

关 键 词：Socrates' LAST WORDS Plato's illness PHAEDO humaneness care of the SOUL 

分 类 号：B[哲学宗教]