The Socratic method is the basis for many of the philosophical conclusions reached in Plato's Phaedo. ... In Plato's Phaedo, the residing place of the soul after death is a major topic of discussion. ... One such view is Plato's theory of recollection. ... Socrates argues this point by using the theory of forms. ... They had many differing views, ranging from Plato's theory of forms and arguments from opposites and affinity to Augustine's search for the form of God. ...

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the soul, that is, the human mind, before it is united with the body, is aquatinted with the intelligible world or the world of Forms. ... The theory of recollection is told through Plato in the Phaedo and the Meno. ... (Plato 80E) This theory of recollection may explain why we often say that we had certain knowledge before we leaned it or heard it for the first time. ... Hume shows how knowledge begins form the experiences we encounter through our five senses. ... (Cantor 12) Aristotle was one of Plato's students for over twenty years until Plato's death. ...

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The main arguments concerning the immortality of the soul come from the Phaedo. ... It had to have come from some previous existence in some other form, which in this case would be hot. ... So therefore there must be a form of being dead, which we are to assume is the freed soul. ... At this point, Socrates seems to abandon this theory and brings out his second point. ... Therefore, Socrates" friends are forced to abandon their lyre and harmony theory. ...

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