Plato’s argument for immortality depends upon the assumption that

a. there is a God who will preserve our souls.
b. the mind’s activity is independent of the body.
c. our desire for immortality is proof that it exists.
d. the soul is separate from that part of us that reasons.


b. the mind’s activity is independent of the body.

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