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Phaedo
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Philosophy is a vast field. It examines and probes many different
fields. Virtue, morality, immortality, death, and the difference between the
psyche (soul) and the soma (body) are just a few of the many different topics
which can be covered under the umbrella of philosophy. Philosophers are
sup ....
Middle of essay ....pher is trying to concentrate. All of these
cloud the judgement, and must therefore be detached from the soul. Socrates
argues that philosophers must view the world around them with their souls in
order to accurately learn about it. However, by detaching their souls from all
bodily functions, philosophers may as well be in an induced state of death. In
mortem, the soul wanders free and there are no bodily hindrances.
Socrates also believed that philosophers look upon death with good .... |
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