Plato On The Soul Flashcards
For Plato, the soul and body were two separate ? The body is the temporary, physical, material aspect of the person and the soul is the essential, ? aspect.
Entities.
Immaterial.
In Plato’s work, “?”, Plato wanted to show that Socrates hadn’t failed his mission to educate, even though he was executed, because his soul would continue to ? after death.
Phaedo.
Immortality.
Socrates argued that the soul continues to live on a mode where it still has ? and ?
Thought.
Intelligence.
Socrates argued that the soul necessarily must continue living because life is the ? of what a soul is.
Essence.
Plato argues that every quality comes into being from its own opposite to have ? He uses this notion to conclude that life comes from death and death comes from ?
Existence.
Life.
Plato thought that our ? were evidence of ? attained before birth.
Intuitions.
Knowledge.
Plato was convinced that people have ? ? which connect them to the world of the ?
Eternal Souls.
Forms.
When Plato wrote about the soul, he used the metaphor of a ? being pulled by two ? which were “appetite” and “emotion” controlled by the charioteer “?” showing that without the guiding hand of reason, we can be led astray.
Chariot.
Horses.
Reason.
Plato’s view of the soul is called a “? view” as he saw the soul consisting of three elements which are?
Tripartite.
Appetite, emotion and reason.
At the end of “?”, Plato introduces a story known as the “Myth of ?”.
Republic.
Er.
In the “Myth of Er”, told through ?, a soldier called “Er” dies on the battlefield as a soldier. Ten days later, there was no sign of him. Twelve days later, he came back to life, telling everyone what he ? in the afterlife.
Socrates.
Experienced.
Er told his listeners that he encountered judges who rewarded and punished ? of the dead and witnessed ways in which souls chose a new life on Earth. Only the ? benefitted for this cycle. The others ricocheted between happiness and misery, reward and punishment.
Souls.
Philosophical.
According to Scholars, the “Myth of ?” is meant to demonstrate the necessity of seeking ? through philosophy in order for the soul to benefit.
Er.
Wisdom.
Once the souls had chosen their ?, they were given some special liquid to drink, making them forget their previous life and afterlife ?.
Destinies.
Experiences.
When considering the nature of the ?, Plato was thinking in the context of his ? understanding of reality.
Soul.
Dualist.
