Plato aims to be able to prove this to everyone through rational logical arguments; most of these are established in "Phaedo." ... On the other hand Plato would most likely say that those that are more intelligent are the ones that are more in touch with their soul and this can be achieved through the study of philosophy. Plato's third argument appears to be the weakest of all three and is often referred to as the argument from affinity. ... Plato is, for all intents and purposes, saying that "the soul is eternal, because the body is not eternal." ... Plato gives a clear view of this ...

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Locke is considered to be the founder of British empiricism, while Descartes is considered to be the father of modern philosophy. ... Berkeley's radical opposition to the received view of mathematics in the philosophy of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, when mathematics was considered a "science of abstractions." ...

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