PHL202H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Cebes, Cocytus, Ruby
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Second, socrates points out that some souls are good while others are bad, and makes. Simmias agree that a good soul may be seen as analogous to an instrument in tune, and a bad soul as to one out of tune. But siagreed that no soul has more soul than any other soul, this analogy does not hold. If every soul is an attunement, no soul is in discord, and every soul is equally good. Third, socrates has simmias agree that the soul governs the body, compelling it to move and to act. Contrary to this, the attunement of an instrument depends wholly on the instrument itself and the manner in which it is made. The body, on the other hand, has no ability to afect the soul, nor does the soul depend upon it. Also, this interlude serves to remind us of the complex framing of the narrative and of the ictitiousness of the whole account.
