PHIL-360 Chapter Notes - Chapter all: Outlast, Epiphenomenalism, Cebes

• School: MacEwan University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL-360
• Professor: Mills, Susan

Document Summary

4 arguments for the immortality of the soul (main argument); the topic is treated as an apology (cid:894)(cid:396)e(cid:272)all (cid:862)defe(cid:374)se(cid:863) gi(cid:448)e(cid:374) at t(cid:396)ial; formal reply by an accused to the plaintiff) Charge: o(cid:272)(cid:396)ates" f(cid:396)ie(cid:374)ds (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e he should (cid:271)e t(cid:396)ou(cid:271)led by his impending death and what happens afterward. Apology: he should not fear death for the arguments presented. Simmias and cebes often raise arguments that the soul can be dispersed (implies the soul is a material, while socrates tends to consider the soul immaterial). Historical context: the real socrates was exe(cid:272)uted o(cid:374) the sa(cid:373)e (cid:272)ha(cid:396)ges gi(cid:448)e(cid:374) i(cid:374) the (cid:271)ook. Book is (cid:449)(cid:396)itte(cid:374) (cid:271)(cid:455) plato (cid:862)a sto(cid:396)(cid:455)(cid:863) not a transcript of the going ons recollected dialogue: a dialogue within a dialogue. Drinks heavily, engages in sex (has young children at 70). Actions can run contrary to his claims and beliefs (cid:894)(cid:396)e(cid:272)all that the (cid:271)ook is(cid:374)"t written by socrates, therefore it may not be entirely socrates views)