PHIL 1F90 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cebes
1 Dec 2013
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The phaedo gives us four different arguments for the immortality of the soul: the argument from opposites, the theory of recollection, the. Argument from affinity, and the final argument, given as a response to. Plato does not seem to place equal weight on all four of these arguments. For instance, it is suggested that the argument from. Affinity by no means proves the immortality of the soul, but only shows that it is quite likely. The theory of recollection and the final argument seem to be given the greatest import, as both of them follow directly from the theory of forms. Cebes brings up socrates" theory of recollection, which claims that all learning is recollection. Simmias cannot quite remember the proof of that theory, and asks for an explanation. Socrates begins by pointing out that we can be reminded of one thing by being made conscious of another thing.
