History of Western Philosophy, Russel: Ch-16 Plato's Theory of Immortality

4/24/2016
- Phaedo described last moments in the life of Socrates.
- Socrates could escape but stayed in prision and abide by death sentence.
- Cannot suicide, wait and not take life until God summons.
- Death is separation of body and soul.
- Philosopher abstain from pleasure of senses, but will be thinking of other things.
- True existence, revealed to the soul.
- Knowledge is reminiscence instead of acquired.
- Fate (Socrates opinion) of soul after death, good goes to heaven, bad goes to hell, intermediate goes to purgotory.
- Not scientific in thinking (Socrates)
- But ethical standard.