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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Phaedo by Plato: into herself from all sides out of the body; the dwelling in her own place
alone, as in another life, so also in this, as far as she can;--the release
of the soul from the chains of the body?
Very true, he said.
And this separation and release of the soul from the body is termed death?
To be sure, he said.
And the true philosophers, and they only, are ever seeking to release the
soul. Is not the separation and release of the soul from the body their
especial study?
That is true.
And, as I was saying at first, there would be a ridiculous contradiction in
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