I actually think you're in for a treat.

我敢肯定你们会喜欢上他的
Plato is not only one of the greatest philosophers in history,

柏拉图是历史上最伟大的哲学家之一
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人人影视
he wrote his philosophy in the form of dialogues.

并且他使用对话体形式来阐述其观点
That is to say, plays,

即以戏剧为表现方式
in which various characters sit around or stand around

其间各种人物悠闲地或坐或站集聚一块儿
and argue about philosophical positions.

探讨各种哲学观点
The particular dialogue that we're going to reading,the Phaedo,

我们要学习的这篇对话斐多篇
is set at the death scene of Socrates.

就将场景设定在苏格拉底临死前的一幕
As I'm sure you know,

想必你们都知道
Socrates was put on trial,

苏格拉底被人指控
condemned to death for corrupting the youth of Athens--

以教唆雅典青年的罪名被判处死刑