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caithcantread
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I don’t know how I got here, where am I? 🧍♀️
— Mar 18, 2026 02:03PM
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Ben Eastman
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I liked the analogies that Simmias and Cebes gave as counterarguments to Socrates.
Simmias gives the example that a body is to a harp as the soul is to a harmony. Just as if you destroy the harp strings, the melody would end, so too would the soul die when the body dies.
Cebes compares the soul to a cloak, suggesting that the soul is not immortal, but merely outlasts us and dies after it belongs to several people.
— Mar 06, 2026 06:12PM
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Simmias gives the example that a body is to a harp as the soul is to a harmony. Just as if you destroy the harp strings, the melody would end, so too would the soul die when the body dies.
Cebes compares the soul to a cloak, suggesting that the soul is not immortal, but merely outlasts us and dies after it belongs to several people.
Ben Eastman
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What always throws me with Plato is how I often disagree with Socrates' premise, but agree with his conclusion.
I disagree that the soul necessarily exists before birth. However, I do agree with the conclusion he draws from it, namely that souls, once created, are immortal.
— Mar 06, 2026 05:56PM
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I disagree that the soul necessarily exists before birth. However, I do agree with the conclusion he draws from it, namely that souls, once created, are immortal.
