TY - JOUR AU - Xavier, Dennys Garcia PY - 2016/04/29 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The Platonic agnosticism in the Plato’s Phaedo JF - Revista Archai JA - Rev. Archai VL - 0 IS - 17 SE - Dossier DO - 10.14195/1984-249X_17_7 UR - https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/archai/article/view/8684 SP - 159 AB - <p>The aim of the paper is to analyse the epistemological problem involving statements concerning the soul and the afterlife in the context of the&nbsp;<em>Phaedo</em>. Special attention is dedicated to the theoretical elements that cast doubts on aspects considered essential for his metaphysics, namely: the relationship between the body and the soul, death as good and/or evil, the eternal nature of the soul as well as the values and limitations of the evidence and counterproofs presented in the dramatic context of the text.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: Plato, Agnosticism,&nbsp;<em>Phaedo</em>, Body, Soul.</p> ER -