Two Concepts of the Soul in Plato's Phaedo A Beginner's Guide to the Phaedo and Some Related Platonic Texts on the Immortality of the Soul

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ISBN: 9780761834014 | 076183401X
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 4/30/2007

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Two Concepts of the Soul in Plato's Phaedo is a fresh study of Plato's psychology with particular focus on his arguments for the immortality of the soul. Through detailed textual study, this new work examines the structure of the dialogue making explicit the nature of the argumentation within the text and its relation to Plato's other accounts of immortality.

Acknowledgments	p. v
Preface	p. vii
List of Abbreviations	p. ix
General Introduction	p. 1
The Scope of this Book	p. 1
Four Aspects of the Concept of the Soul	p. 2
Two Concepts of the [Characters not reproducible] in the Phaedo	p. 3
Structure of the Book	p. 4
The Basic Concept of the [Characters not reproducible] in the Phaedo	p. 9
Introduction	p. 9
Division of the Subject Matter of the Text of the Phaedo	p. 10
Features of the [Characters not reproducible] Not Used as the Basis for Arguments for Immortality	p. 12
Conclusion: Statement of the Basic Concept of the [Characters not reproducible]	p. 17
The Concept of the [Characters not reproducible] in the Phaedo: Features in Addition to the Basic Concept	p. 19
Introduction	p. 19
Four Arguments Intended to Prove the [Characters not reproducible] Will Survive Death and Exist Forever	p. 20
1st Argument: Generation from Opposites (70C-72E)	p. 21
2nd Argument: Learning as Recollection (72E-77D)	p. 23
3rd Argument: The [Characters not reproducible] is Similar to the Forms and to Divinity (78B-80D)	p. 25
4th Argument: The [Characters not reproducible] as the Principle of Life will not Admit its Opposite (102B-106E)	p. 26
The [Characters not reproducible] of the Genuine Philosopher in the Afterlife (80D-84B; 114C-E)	p. 29
How the True Philosopher Lives in this Life: Philosophy is the Training for Death	p. 31
Conclusion: The total concept of the [Characters not reproducible] in the Phaedo	p. 34
Alternative Treatments of the [Characters not reproducible] in Some of Plato's 'Middle' Dialogues	p. 39
Introduction	p. 39
Meno: Recollection as the Basis for Showing the immortal [Characters not reproducible]	p. 39
Symposium: Vicarious Immortality and the Search for the Beautiful	p. 40
Republic: The [Characters not reproducible] is Immortal and Has Three Parts	p. 42
Phaedrus: The Tripartite [Characters not reproducible] is an Unmoved Mover	p. 45
Conclusion: Alternative Treatments of the [Characters not reproducible] Contrasted with the Phaedo	p. 46
General Conclusion	p. 51
Summary of the Findings of this Study	p. 51
The Moral Value of Socrates' Arguments for the Immortality in the Phaedo	p. 54
Bibliography	p. 59
Index	p. 61
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Two Concepts of the Soul in Plato's Phaedo A Beginner's Guide to the Phaedo and Some Related Platonic Texts on the Immortality of the Soul

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