7. Plato, Part II: Arguments for the immortality of the soul

Death (PHIL 176)

The discussion of Plato's Phaedo continues, presenting more arguments for the existence and immortality of the soul. One such argument is "the argument from the nature of the forms," which states that because the forms are non-physical objects and cannot be grasped by something physical like the body, it follows that they must be grasped by the soul which must be non-physical as well. This argument is followed by the "argument from recycling" and "the argument from recollection."

00:00 - Chapter 1. Review of Plato's Heaven: Platonic Forms
04:13 - Chapter 2. Concerns and Issues Leading to the Development of Platonic Forms
14:17 - Chapter 3. The Argument from the Nature of the Forms
24:33 - Chapter 4. The Argument from Recycling
33:33 - Chapter 5. The Argument from Recollection
43:54 - Chapter 6. Do Plato's Arguments Suffice?

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This course was recorded in Spring 2007.

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• Phaedo
• Plato
• Socrates
• Republic