PHI 2380 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Cebes, Outlast
11 Mar 2015
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If the soul is the former structure of the body, it would be invisible, but it wouldn"t be unchanging. It would be destructible: what if the soul is just the way the parts are organized that organization cannot outlast the existence of the body, socrates" argument fails as a proof for the soul"s immortality. Yes, the soul can be most like the indestructible by lasting longer than the body. But this doesn"t mean the soul will last forever. Cutting hair part of the mourning ritual. 2015-03-11: they should cut their hair today if the argument dies (the death of the argument, in. It"s about the process to get closer to the truth: socrates doesn"t want his followers to lose trust in philosophy. 3 responses to simmias" objections: if simmias believes the soul is like a harmony, then he can"t believe that learning is recollection, because the latter shows that the soul has to preexist the body.
