Plato's (Socrates's) argumentation makes no sense to me, either. How he proves that the soul (or anything) is indestructible is to say that a thing and its opposite can never co-exist, and hence must mean one simply retreats in the face of the other. One example Socrates uses is heat and cold. He says since heat can never be cold, when heat becomes cold it has not been destroyed, but has just left to another place. Whatever.
But in terms of the deathless soul, that's where he argues that the goal of the soul is purification with ultimate transcendence (as opposed to reincarnation), and that's where suicide and murder will set you back a few incarnations.
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Re: freedom
on 2002-05-10 08:51 am (UTC)But in terms of the deathless soul, that's where he argues that the goal of the soul is purification with ultimate transcendence (as opposed to reincarnation), and that's where suicide and murder will set you back a few incarnations.
Re: freedom
on 2002-05-10 09:01 am (UTC)