Cebes points out that knowledge as recollection also points to the return of life after death, while Simmias listens closely to Socrates' lecture on forms.
It argues that composite entities are unstable, while atomic entities like the soul are consistent and unchanging. When one of the disciples objects that the harmony of a lyre would likewise survive the instrument, Socrates points out that harmony can occur in degrees, whereas the soul acts as an ideal governor. Anaxagoras' physical causation theories were only partial explanations, for the soul acts as an opposite to the body to render it alive. Cebes points out that knowledge as recollection also points to the return of life after death, while Simmias listens closely to Socrates' lecture on forms. For ten points, name this Platonic dialogue in which Socrates takes hemlock.
It argues that composite entities are unstable, while atomic entities like the soul are consistent and unchanging.
{Phaedo}