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Through Plato's works such as the Phaedo, the soul is said to be immortal and separate from the body.

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At the beginning of the Phaedo, Socrates makes it clear to mention that death is not something that is worrisome, but is something that has to do with a connection to or attaining of a greater good.

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Plato's vision on the soul involves the soul being something that is separate from the body, along with being something that lives on after death; as seen in these lines from the Phaedo "beyond question the soul is immortal and imperishable, and our souls will truly exist in another world".

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Where does the human soul reside in human body 1

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A section in the Phaedo gives us a way of looking at the two parts of being, those are the soul and the body, in which the body serves as a sort of "cage" to the soul.

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Through Plato's Phaedo we see that the soul is said to have immortal properties, meaning it is not something subject to death. We see this in the lines "And does the soul admit of death?

1. No.

2. Then the soul is immortal?

3. Yes, he said".

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From Plato's Allegory of the Cave, "and the people with whom he once was chained, don't you think he would consider himself lucky because of the transformation that had happened and, by contrast, feel sorry for them?". The outside of the cave can be interpreted as the afterlife, an area in which one achieves a greater good and knowing.

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If we continue to see the outside of the cave as an afterlife, then the prisoner itself that ventured outside could be a soul, which would mean that the soul is what is used to get to said greater good and knowing. We can see this acclimation and awakening in The Allegory of the Cave through the lines "And in this process of acclimitization he would first and most easily be able to look at

shadows and after that

the images of people and the rest of things as they are reflected in water".

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In the Phaedo it mentions "Tell me, then, what is that the inherence of which will render the body alive?

1. The soul, he replied"

; this means that the soul is the force behind our bodies being considered "alive" or "living".

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In terms of what the soul consists of or is made up, Plato thinks of the soul as more of an invisible "thing" and can not be physically affected.

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In Plato's Phaedo, we get more support on the idea of the soul being immortal and not subject to death such as the body is. We see this through lines "And the same may be said of the immortal: if the immortal is also imperishable, the soul when attacked by death cannot perish".

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In the Phaedo, Socrates said "I will tell you, Socrates said. The lovers of knowledge are conscious that their souls, when philosophy receives them, are simply fastened and glued to their bodies: the soul is only able to view existence through the bars of a prison, and not in her own nature". In other words, this helps show the idea that the soul is somewhat separate from the body, and that the soul can go beyond the body after death.

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In terms of the nature of the soul, the Phaedo tells us that is is "unseen" or invisible while the body is the seen.

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The soul is also mentioned to be much more pure in nature compared to the body as seen in the Phaedo from these lines, "because each pleasure and pain is a sort of nail which nails and rivets the soul to the body, and engrosses her and makes her believe that to be true which the body affirms to be true; and from agreeing with the body and having the same delights she is obliged to have the same habits and ways, and is not likely ever to be pure at her departure to the world below"

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Because the body is separate from the soul, and the body has its own desired and indulges, this can affect the soul and in a way be a distraction.

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In other words, the body is more of a hinderer to the soul and its journey.

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In the section in the Phaedo where two kinds/types of realities are talked about, it is stated that there is a seen and changing reality, and an unseen and unchanging reality. The soul by nature is said to pertain to the unseen and unchanging.

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After death, the afterlife is what leads to one attaining more "knowing" and greater good