In Phaedo one of the main concepts that Socrates discusses is the relationship between the soul and death. Most specifically, Cebes questions Socrates’ argument that the soul is immortal. In his argument, Socrates cites the concept of opposites as evidence that the soul is survived after death. He states that everything in life has an opposite. So, if life breds death, then death must bred life. This must mean that the soul is survived when the body dies and is passed on to another form to create more life. I found this concept very interesting and understood Cebes’ skepticism towards this aspect of Socrates’ philosophy. The philosophy of if the soul survives after death is very different from other areas of the discipline. For example, philosophies
