“If the soul is mortal, then reason is merely a dream sent by Zeus to deceive us wretched creatures”

Mendelssohn’s Phaedon, Dialogue 2

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Philosophy is often seen as the pursuit of truth, but what if it is also a way of resisting despair? The idea that the soul might perish with the body is not just a metaphysical question—it is an existential burden, a confrontation with nothingness. If human dignity, virtue, and even the coherence of our knowledge rest upon the soul’s surv…