PHIL 1204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Cebes
3 Apr 2018
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Philosophy notes phaedo and soul pt 2. May not be very accurate historically (cid:498)middle dialogue(cid:499) written long after socrates" death. May be more plato"s ideas than socrates" (cid:498) philosophers practice dying(cid:499) (cid:523)64a(cid:524) Body is a distraction to philosophers (64d-65d, 66b-67b) Philosophers seek pure (= a priori) knowledge. Pure knowledge not gained through the body (= senses) Forms: perfect equality, the just itself, the beautiful, the good. One form for each quality: many physical instances of each quality, physical things (cid:498)partake of(cid:499) or (cid:498)participate in(cid:499) forms. Pure knowledge is not gained through the body: we have a means to gain knowledge apart from the body. The soul is the only part of us other than the body: the soul can operate apart from the body. When the soul is apart from the body, the body is dead: the soul gains knowledge while we are dead. The soul can operate without using senses. Objections by: simmias (84c-86e, cebes (87a-88c)
