1 Nonphysical part 2 Equivalent to the mind thinking Not the brain brain is physical 3 Eternal 1 Socrates a 470BCE 399BCE b Didn t care what everything was made of scientific stuff c Critical inquiry to human nature i What is our purpose ii How should one live d 2 basic parts of a human i Body 1 Physical part 2 Physical is created and destroyed 3 Temporary ii Soul e To be happy you must be good i To be good you must have a good soul f Imagine soul is like a jar Just soul and unjust soul i ii Unjust fills itself with material and physical things 1 All about the body 2 Eventually fills and cracks 3 Things go in but come out cracks 4 Never full or content 5 Unhappy constant want iii Just soul fills itself with spiritual goods 1 Becomes full and content 2 Wants nothing else 3 Happy g You must know what good is to be good i Absolute Truth black and white good and bad ii Across all borders No grey areas in life iii To be happy be good iv To be good have knowledge h Entire life devoted to searching for Truth i j Sophists get paid to give their opinion claim to have truth According to Socrates they don t have knowledge of the Truth but beliefs Socrates doesn t claim to have Truth but is searching for it i Did not write down his own texts his students did ii Had followers to watch him talk and write dialogues iii Plato is one follower iv Followers supported him financially k l Socrates was killed by sophists executed by court Any unjust act permanently devastatingly and immediately scars your soul i More scars more unhappy in your own existence ii PERMANENT m Believes he is helping sophists to save them from scarring their souls i Thinks he is on a god given mission to help others see that they don t have the truth n You should know what you are doing before you do it