Plato argued in the Phaedo that the intellect is immaterial because it must have an affinity with the immaterial Forms it apprehends, and this affinity drives the soul to strive to leave the body and dwell in the realm of Forms.

Authors

• Person: Howard Robinson Organization: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition)

Sources

• Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Howard Robinson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

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• body concept
• soul concept
• Plato entity
• intellect concept