A Defense of Plato's Argument for the Immortality of the Soul at Republic X 608c-611a

Apeiron 30 (3):211 - 238 (1997)
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Despite the bad press, Plato has a valid argument for immortality from three premises: (1) if the natural evil of a thing cannot destroy it, then it is indestructible; (2) the natural evil of the soul is vice; and (3) vice cannot destroy the soul. These premises are contestable, of course, but Plato has some good reasons for advancing them.

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10.1515/apeiron.1997.30.3.211

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