For 10 points, name this dialogue in which Socrates makes the Opposites and Infinity arguments to show that the soul is immortal.
One character in this dialogue relates how he has begun to write poetry based on Aesop's Fables, fearing that his philosophy would not satisfy his dream of being an artist. Â One idea in this dialogue is illustrated through a discussion of the form of Equality, which, though it is something that we easily recognize, can be difficult to explain to others. Â Socrates explains that the forms of Tallness and Shortness are mutually exclusive for one person with respect to another person to refute (*) Cebes's analogy involving a tailor and a coat in this dialogue, in which Simmias likens the relationship between a musical instrument and its attunement to that of the body and the soul. Â For 10 points, name this dialogue in which Socrates makes the Opposites and Infinity arguments to show that the soul is immortal.
One character in this dialogue relates how he has begun to write poetry based on Aesop's Fables, fearing that his philosophy would not satisfy his dream of being an artist.
Phaedo