The final argument about the central concept in this work is that it participates in the Form of Life and, as such, cannot by definition die.
The objects of dialectic in this work are the Thebans Simmias and Cebes, the latter of whom initiates a long discussion of suicide to clarify the mandate "come after me if [you] be a wise man." Ending with an order to give a cock to Asclepius, this philosophical work sees the positing and eventual dismissal of the model of the lyre, the harmony from which dissipates when it is broken. The final argument about the central concept in this work is that it participates in the Form of Life and, as such, cannot by definition die. For 10 points, name this Platonic dialogue chiefly notable for Socrates' doctrine of the immortality of the soul.
The objects of dialectic in this work are the Thebans Simmias and Cebes, the latter of whom initiates a long discussion of suicide to clarify the mandate "come after me if [you] be a wise man.
the {Phaedo} [or {Phaidon}]