Phédon d' Elis , philosophical Greek of fifth century BC

According to the tradition, it would have belonged to a noble family before being taken along like slave to Athens. Socrate, which would have noticed its qualities, as well physical as spiritual, would have required of the one these friends, perhaps Cébès, to free it. Since, Phédon became a regular pupil of Socrate. Phédon created a philosophical school, the École of Elect, which will merge thereafter with the megaric school. Both indeed seem to have proposed an intemperate use of the dialectical one. Timon of Phlionte in the Silles (france 28, Diels) thus brought closer Phédon to Euclide, one bâvard, the other disputor .

He would have written two dialogs: Zopyre and Simon . The ancient authors say that he wrote in a maniérée elegance, as testifies to it the fragment preserved by Sénèque (Ep. 94,41)

Sources

• Plato, Phédon

• Tiller of Phlionte, Silles