PHIL 1F90 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cebes
19 Nov 2013
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Give a detailed account of simmias" attunement argument against the immortality of the soul. Then give a detailed account of all three (3) of. Arguing immortality of the soul, socrates said soul is immortal. How does socrates say the attunement argument won"t work: it"s against recollection theory which means according to simmias there is no recollection theory. Body is the instrument it comes first then the soul comes as the tune. Simmias: the body creates the soul when the body is born, then the soul is born. Soul is the last thing to come into existence when the body is made and first to leave the body when its dead before it decomposes. Goes against recollection theory is socrates first argument, simmias says he believes in it. Heaven and hell don"t exist: up with the forms or in the underworld with hates, if soul is purified it will not be reborn, all others reborn, very few purified two world philosophy.
