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Single Idea 364
[filed under theme 16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 1. Identity and the Self
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Full Idea
Is one soul, even minutely, more or less of a soul than another? Not in the least.
Clarification
'Soul' is the Greek word 'psuché', which covers mind and consciousness and life
Gist of Idea
One soul can't be more or less of a soul than another
Source
Plato (Phaedo [c.382 BCE], 093b)
Book Ref
Plato: 'The Last Days of Socrates', ed/tr. Tredennick,Hugh [Penguin 1969], p.149
A Reaction
This idea is attractive because unconsciousness and death seem to be abrupt procedures, and so appear to be all-or-nothing, but I would personally view extreme Alzheimer's as an erasing of the soul, though a minimum level of it seems all-or-nothing.
The
21 ideas
from 'Phaedo'
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The ship which Theseus took to Crete is now sent to Delos crowned with flowers
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350
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In investigation the body leads us astray, but the soul gets a clear view of the facts
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351
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War aims at the acquisition of wealth, because we are enslaved to the body
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9343
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To achieve pure knowledge, we must get rid of the body and contemplate things with the soul
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354
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Wisdom makes virtue and true goodness possible
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357
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People are obviously recollecting when they react to a geometrical diagram
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359
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If we feel the inadequacy of a resemblance, we must recollect the original
[Plato]
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360
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We must have a prior knowledge of equality, if we see 'equal' things and realise they fall short of it
[Plato]
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361
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It is a mistake to think that the most violent pleasure or pain is therefore the truest reality
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362
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The greatest misfortune for a person is to develop a dislike for argument
[Plato]
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363
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Whether the soul pre-exists our body depends on whether it contains the ultimate standard of reality
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364
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One soul can't be more or less of a soul than another
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13154
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Do we think and experience with blood, air or fire, or could it be our brain?
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15859
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To investigate the causes of things, study what is best for them
[Plato]
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13155
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If you add one to one, which one becomes two, or do they both become two?
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13156
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Fancy being unable to distinguish a cause from its necessary background conditions!
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1
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There is only one source for all beauty
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368
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Other things are named after the Forms because they participate in them
[Plato]
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21347
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If Simmias is taller than Socrates, that isn't a feature that is just in Simmias
[Plato]
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369
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If the Earth is spherical and in the centre, it is kept in place by universal symmetry, not by force
[Plato]
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370
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Philosophy is a purification of the soul ready for the afterlife
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