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and as far as I can see,
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Plato doesn't actually give
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us any reason to believe it in the dialogue.
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Consequently, we have to say, as far as I can see,
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we haven't been given any adequate argument for the conclusion
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that the soul--which admittedly can think about forms and ideas--
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we have no good reason yet to believe,
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to be persuaded, that the
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soul must itself be eternal and non-physical.
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That's the first argument.
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As I say though, Plato may
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well recognize the inadequacy of that argument,