that when the body dies, the soul dies as well.

但是如果肉体死了灵魂也就死了
That's the question that's driving the discussion in the Phaedo.

正是这个问题引发了斐多篇中的谈话
Do we have any good reason to believe

我们有什么理由去相信
the soul survives the death of the body?

灵魂在肉体死亡后仍能存活
And more particularly still,

确切地讲
do we have good reason to believe it's immortal?

我们有理由相信灵魂不朽吗
Socrates believes in the immortality of the soul.

苏格拉底相信灵魂是不朽的
And so, he attempts to defend this position,

所以他试图捍卫他的观点
justify it to his disciples who are worried that it may not be true.

并试图说服那些怀疑这一点的学生们
It's important to realize--as you read the dialogue,

值得注意的是当你们读这篇对话时
it becomes fairly apparent--

会发现里面并没有
that there isn't so much any

多少篇幅很明显地