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Ideas for Antiphon, Plato and Herman Cappelen

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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality
363 Whether the soul pre-exists our body depends on whether it contains the ultimate standard of reality [Plato]
     Full Idea: The theory that our soul exists even before it enters the body surely stands or falls with the soul's possession of the ultimate standard of reality.
     From: Plato (Phaedo [c.382 BCE], 092d)
146 Soul is always in motion, so it must be self-moving and immortal [Plato]
     Full Idea: All soul is immortal, for what is always in motion is immortal. Only that which moves itself never ceases to be in motion.
     From: Plato (Phaedrus [c.366 BCE], 245c)
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / b. Soul
2165 Something is unlikely to be immortal if it is imperfectly made from diverse parts [Plato]
     Full Idea: Something is unlikely to be immortal if it's a compound, formed imperfectly from diverse parts.
     From: Plato (The Republic [c.374 BCE], 611b)
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / d. Heaven
13 Is the supreme reward for virtue to be drunk for eternity? [Plato]
     Full Idea: (the poets think) 'the supreme reward of virtue was to be drunk for eternity'.
     From: Plato (The Republic [c.374 BCE], 363d)
     A reaction: A perceptive thought. Most people consider the best life to contain endless fun and physical pleasure, so a boozy bawdy holiday in the sunshine ticks all the boxes.
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / a. Problem of Evil
2057 There must always be some force of evil ranged against good [Plato]
     Full Idea: The elimination of evil is impossible, Theodorus; there must always be some force ranged against good.
     From: Plato (Theaetetus [c.368 BCE], 176a)
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / d. Natural Evil
2120 God is responsible for the good things, but we must look elsewhere for the cause of the bad things [Plato]
     Full Idea: God and God alone must be held responsible for the good things, but responsibility for bad things must be looked for elsewhere, and not attributed to God.
     From: Plato (The Republic [c.374 BCE], 379c)