Other characters in this dialogue include Cebes and Simmias, the latter of whom has brought a bribe after Crito's earlier failure to convince Socrates to flee captivity.
One section of this work asserts that if there was no alternation between sleeping and waking, the tale of Endymion would have no meaning. This work contains a discussion of how we have never truly perceived things that are equal, which is called the Imperfection Argument. The opening of this dialogue sees one character attempting to make Aesop's fables into verse with his wife Xanthippe. The title character of this dialogue is a native of Philus, a Pythagorean community. One character in this work uses the argument that because wet is the opposite of dry, there must be an afterlife, and claims that philosophy is the preparation for death. Other characters in this dialogue include Cebes and Simmias, the latter of whom has brought a bribe after Crito's earlier failure to convince Socrates to flee captivity. For 10 points, name this Platonic dialogue, the final work about the last hours of Socrates.
One section of this work asserts that if there was no alternation between sleeping and waking, the tale of Endymion would have no meaning.
Phaedo