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     • Plato, one of the most influential philosophers in Western thought, believed in the immortality of the soul. He expounded his ideas on the soul in his masterpiece, “The Republic,” and other dialogues. Plato believed that the soul is eternal, and it existed before our physical birth and will continue to exist after our physical death.
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   What is Plato's third argument about the immortality of the soul?

   • Plato conducts the third argument about the immortality of the soul from his premise about the very nature of the soul—the idea of the unity of the soul. He says that the soul is simple, not complex, and not made out of multiple parts.

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   Does Plato believe in immortality?

   • No matter how many approaches there are, it’s certainly something that philosophers have been arguing about for centuries. Plato writes on the immortality of the soul frequently and in various places. However, his most direct approach and detailed analysis can be seen in Phaedo.

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   What does Plato write about the immortality of the soul?

   • Plato writes on the immortality of the soul frequently and in various places. However, his most direct approach and detailed analysis can be seen in Phaedo. In it, in the last hours before his death, Socrates talks with his friends before drinking the poison he was ordered to take by the Athenian judges.

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   Does Plato believe that there is a soul?

   • Remember, as I said, in introducing the Phaedo, Plato doesn’t so much argue for the existence of something separate, the soul, as presuppose it. His fundamental concern is to try to argue for the immortality of the soul. So he’s just helping himself to the assumption that there is a soul.

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   What does Socrates say about immortality?

   • The dialogues of Socrates. Plato's "Phaedo" is a classic text that delves into the topic of the immortality of the soul. This dialogue between Socrates and his followers addresses the questions of what happens to the soul after death, whether it persists or not, and how we should prepare for what follows our mortal life.

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   Is Plato a philosopher?

   • Plato is the classical source of philosophical arguments for the immortality of the soul. By calling them ‘philosophical’ arguments I am distinguishing them from arguments which are based on empirical research, like research into near-death experiences, and from arguments which rely on premises taken from a particular religious tradition.

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   Nov 5, 2023 · In his attempt to prove the immortality of the soul, Plato strives to knock down their arguments that the soul is mortal. First, Simmias states that the soul can be compared to the harmony of a musical instrument—the lyre.

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   • 1 The Argument from Generation Out of Opposites
   • 2 The Argument from Recollection
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   The first of Socrates’ arguments for immortality begins on p. 117: Socrates next observes that death is the opposite of life. So, if his principle holds, it seems asthough One interpretation of what’s going on here: if death and life are opposites, and if it follows fromthis that something could have come to be living only after first having been d...

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   Socrates’ second argument (pp. 120-128) is based on his theory of recollection. That theory wasan explanation of how we can come to know the kinds of things that we can. One way to see themotivation for this theory is via the ‘paradox of inquiry’: One might take this paradox to support the view that, as Cebes puts it (p. 120) A response to the para...

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   This argument leads Cebes to respond, This leads Socrates to another argument for the immortality of the soul: Socrates’ thought here seems to be this: if a thing is composite, then it can be destroyed bybeing separated into its parts; if we observe things being destroyed, this is usually how it goes.But if something is incomposite, and has no part...

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   Nov 16, 2022 · In this text, Plato argues that the soul is immortal and separate from the physical body, and that it continues to exist even after death. The dialogue takes place on Socrates' last day before his execution, as he discusses these ideas with his friends.

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   It has been noted that Plato does not repeat any of his arguments (with the exception of the Phaedrus argument about the soul as "selfmoved"). This, I think, shows that they are "popular" arguments. Plato passionately believed in immortality, and he was always "finding" proofs; and, as Emerson says, " The impulse to seek proof of immortality is ...

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   May 20, 2021 · In dialogues ranging from the Symposium to the Timaeus, Plato appears to propose that the philosopher’s grasp of the forms may confer immortality upon him. Whatever can Plato mean in making such a claim?

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   The discussion of Plato’s Phaedo continues, presenting more arguments for the existence and immortality of the soul.

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    4. Plato’s Arguments for Immortality. Plato was the first philosopher to argue, not merely in favor of the convenience of accepting the belief in immortality, but for the truth of the belief itself