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New comment on Plato's "idea of the Soul"

Hou Xiao-li

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There is an apparent contradiction exist Plato's concept of soul:on the one hand that the soul is immortal:as the immortal soul,the soul has no part,and is indivisible,self-contained.On the one hand he said that there is three parts of the soul:reason,passion,desire.Besides,he declared that philosophy of education as the soul turning ability is necessary for human soul to get close to the immortal soul.This obviously is a contradiction.If this is the real belief of Plato,lamentableners could exactly describe his view of soul.But this is not the truth of what Plato believed.Based on the re-interpretation of Plato's writings,this paper attempts to explain:Plato's concept of the immortality of the soul of the soul is very important metaphysical and moral significance ethical values.In essence,the immortal soul is a hypothesis of value and personality.

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There is an apparent contradiction exist Plato's concept of soul:on the one hand that the soul is immortal:as the immortal soul,the soul has no part,and is indivisible,self-contained.On the one hand he said that there is three parts of the soul:reason,passion,desire.Besides,he declared that philosophy of education as the soul turning ability is necessary for human soul to get close to the immortal soul.This obviously is a contradiction.If this is the real belief of Plato,lamentableners could exactly describe his view of soul.But this is not the truth of what Plato believed.Based on the re-interpretation of Plato's writings,this paper attempts to explain:Plato's concept of the immortality of the soul of the soul is very important metaphysical and moral significance ethical values.In essence,the immortal soul is a hypothesis of value and personality.

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There is an apparent contradiction exist Plato's concept of soul:on the one hand that the soul is immortal:as the immortal soul,the soul has no part,and is indivisible,self-contained.On the one hand he said that there is three parts of the soul:reason,passion,desire.Besides,he declared that philosophy of education as the soul turning ability is necessary for human soul to get close to the immortal soul.This obviously is a contradiction.If this is the real belief of Plato,lamentableners could exactly describe his view of soul.But this is not the truth of what Plato believed.Based on the re-interpretation of Plato's writings,this paper attempts to explain:Plato's concept of the immortality of the soul of the soul is very important metaphysical and moral significance ethical values.In essence,the immortal soul is a hypothesis of value and personality.

Key concepts: Soul, Immortality, Philosophy, Metaphysics, Contradiction, Epistemology, Passion, Interpretation (philosophy)

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