Plato's "Phaedo" compellingly presents how Socrates rationally justifies his philosophical way of life and his belief in the immortality of the soul in the face of death. The dialogue unfolds nearly the entire spectrum of Platonic philosophy, intertwining psychology, philosophy of nature, epistemology, ontology, metaphysics, and myth. The existential-dramatic form and the argumentative-philosophical content of the work require various interpretative approaches for a proper understanding of the text. This volume provides a cooperative commentary, in which philosophically, philologically, and religiously informed perspectives on the "Phaedo" are expressed in a complementary manner. The reader thus gains a well-founded insight into all facets of this multifaceted and influential classic.