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Book I Chapter 49 · I.49.9.9
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Σκόπει δή, ἔφη, ὦ Κέβης, εἰ ἐκ πάντων τῶν εἰρημένων τάδε ἡμῖν ξυμβαίνει, τῷ μὲν θείῳ καὶ ἀθανάτῳ καὶ νοητῷ καὶ μονοειδεῖ καὶ ἀδιαλύτῳ, ἀεὶ ὡσαύτως κατὰ ταὐτὰ ἔχοντι ἑαυτῷ ὁμοιότατον εἶναι ψυχή, τῷ δὲ ἀνθρωπίνῳ καὶ θνητῷ καὶ ἀνοήτῳ καὶ πολυειδεῖ καὶ διαλυτῷ καὶ μηδέποτε κατὰ ταὐτὰ ἔχοντι ἑαυτῷ ὁμοιότερον αὖ εἶναι σῶμα. Ἔχομέν τι παρὰ ταῦτα λέγειν ἄλλο, ὦ φίλε Κέβης, ὡς οὐχ οὕτως ἔχει; - Οὐκ ἔχομεν. - Τί οὖν οὕτως ἐχόντων τούτων ἆρ᾽ οὐχὶ σώματι μὲν ταχὺ διαλύεσθαι προσήκει, ψυχῇ δὲ αὖ τὸ παράπαν ἀδιαλύτῳ εἶναι ἢ ἐγγύς τι τούτου; - Πῶς γὰρ οὔ;
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 49
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“Consider, Cebes,” he said, “whether all that has been said yields this result for us: soul is most like what is divine, immortal, intelligible, uniform, and indissoluble, always remaining the same as itself in the same condition; body, in turn, is more like what is human, mortal, unintelligible, multiform, dissoluble, and never remaining the same as itself. Can we say anything against this, dear Cebes, to show that it is not so?”
“We cannot.”
“If that is how matters stand, is it not fitting for body to be dissolved quickly, and for soul to be altogether indissoluble, or something close to that?”
“Of course.”1301
Socrates
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