PHILOS 2P03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Square Enix Europe, Cebes, Natural Philosophy
21 Apr 2020
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Socrates is offering arguments for the immorality of the soul to validate his belief that he ought to be joyful at the prospect of experiencing the separation of his soul from his body (i. e. his death) Argument 1: cyclical argument: opposites come from opposites (tall and short) (life and death, most be a process coming to life and dying. Argument 2: recollection argument: you have the idea of perfect equality, don"t see that anywhere with the senses, don"t really have equality just picture it like soul was from before and not new. Plato is well known for his theory of forms. yet he nowhere presents or argues for. Plato"s theory of forms this theory in a systematic way. Simmias: the same analogy could be made between the harmony (invisible) and the lyre visible). The harmony is an attunement and is dependent on the bodily elements of the lyre.
