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Single Idea 363

[filed under theme 29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality ]

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.

Gist of Idea

Whether the soul pre-exists our body depends on whether it contains the ultimate standard of reality

Source

Plato (Phaedo [c.382 BCE], 092d)

Book Ref

Plato: 'The Last Days of Socrates', ed/tr. Tredennick,Hugh [Penguin 1969], p.148