Plato - Phaedo Flashcards
What does the Philosopher identify with?
The philosopher identifies w/ the soul - not the body
What is death in the relation to the soul and body?
separation of the soul and body, comes to be by itself apart from the soul
True or False: A philosopher is concerned with pleasures of the body and everything to do w/ the body, not with the soul
FALSE
The philosopher, more than other men frees the ________ from ________ with the body, & their living is ________
soul, association, close to death
Knowledge should be via ________, not the senses
reasoning
How is the body viewed in regards to finding truth?
The body is a hindrance, there is no truth (alethesia) in sight or hearing becuase bodily senses deceive
True or False: So the soul grasps reasoning and reasons best when untroubled by the body. It is in reasoning that anything is to become clear
True
What does the soul aim to do in regards to finding truth?
Soul seeks to be by itself
The Forms are objects of ________, not of senses
knowledge/reasoning
These are such things as the Just, the Beautiful, the Good; the being of all other things is dependent on the ________
Forms
In regards to knowledge, how do we get closer to the Forms?
We get closer to these Forms not through the body, but through knowledge and the soul
What is practicing philosophy most akin to?
Practicing philosophy is practicing for death
The Generation of Opposites: 1) Opposites come from opposites 2) The living and dead are opposites 3) The living come from the dead and the dead come from the living, and there are two processes b/n the two What is the corollary?
The living must come from the dead, otherwise the who process of change would cease
What is Socrates’ response to Cebes?
The soul brings to life whatever body it occupies, the soul will never admit the opposite of what it brings, therefore the soul is deathless and indestructible
