In Phaedo Socrates brings up a Argument of Affinity which discusses about how the body and soul are two different forms yet are intertwined as the soul lives in the body. The soul is divine and in the Christian worldview it is where we internalize what is right or wrong, the truths of this life, and our faith. Alot of worship songs personify's the soul saying ' my soul longs for you' . It is own and is set apart from the body. The body, as Socrates explains, holds back the soul from reaching its full potention as it yearns for mortal and inconstancy confusing the soul. This is parallel with how sin can taint and confuse our soul as we strive for better yet always end up short because of our imperfections. Socrates enlightment may have been a gift from a God greater than the greek ones as I have now seen many examples where his thinking and Christianity are similiar.
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Its pretty amazing how close his ideals lined up with the picture of sin in our lives and how we are separated from God, and "true wisdom". Amazing how God can inspire things to come to light in many different ways.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you! I saw many parallels there as well!
ReplyDeleteThere are definitely parallels, but he never actually clings to any other idea of Christianity besides the idea that souls are eternal.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I believe Socrates was close to the conclusion that there is a God who rules the universe. Yet, he was still blind to the truth. Socrates chose to glorify and give his life to philosophy. Philosophy was his god, not the Creator, which is very sad.
ReplyDeleteI agree, there are similarities between our Christian faith and Socrates' ideas. It is interesting to think that God could've given this enlightenment to Socrates.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that it is interesting how many of Socrates idea are similar to Christian ones. It's funny to me how close he is but how he still is not a Christian because regardless of how close someones ideas are to those of Christianity's, if they are not directly from the Christian faith itself, it is not reason to consider that person a Christian.
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