Platon, Mendelssohn: „Über die Unsterblichkeit der Seele“

In the organizer's words:

Socrates on death row. It is the day of his execution. Amazingly, he is doing well. Socrates receives his friends for a final conversation. They cannot understand. Where does this confidence come from? How can he be so sure of the existence of God and the immortality of his soul?

Moses Mendelssohn, a Jewish Enlightenment philosopher and translator of the Torah, adapted the story of the end of Socrates in a unique way. In his interpretation, Plato's text is transformed into a struggle for the meaning and purpose of our lives. The dialog is transferred to the stage as a real encounter between art and thought.

by and with

Georg Stephan, stage artist

Prof. Christoph Markschies, expert on ancient religion

In cooperation with the Jewish Community of Berlin and the Foundation New Synagogue Berlin - Centrum Judaicum