“Well then,” said Socrates, “are we not made up of two parts, body and soul?”“Yes,” he replied.“Now to which class should we say the body is more similar and more closely akin?”“To the visible,” said he; “that is clear to everyone.”“And the soul? Is it visible or invisible?”“Invisible, to man, at least, Socrates.”“But we call things visible and invisible with reference to human vision, do we not?”“Yes, we do.”“Then what do we say about the soul? Can it be seen or not?”“It cannot be seen.”“Then it is invisible?” “Yes.”“Then the soul is more like the invisible than the body is,