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Perfect Entity In Phaedo Socrates

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In Phaedo Socrates argues that perfect entities can be superior to bodies. An example of this can be knowledge. This is an entity superior to our body because knowledge isn’t something that can be physically destroyed. It is a “thing” within our body that makes up something but isn’t actually there visibly. This is superior to our bodies because knowledge can be limitless, as opposed to bodies you can physically see can have limitations on what the physical body can do. A second example of a perfect entity that are superior to bodies are Plato’s theory of Forms. We all know, but can be different for each person, that there is that that “perfect” example of something specific. Take a circle for example. When one draws a circle on a piece of
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