Importance of The Existence of the Soul

Socrates clearly believes that there is, in every human being, a soul - a manifestation of pure, un-corruptible, spirit that connects, to varying degrees depending on the essential nature of the individual, the physical world of the body to the spiritual world of the absolutes. The soul, he believes, guides and governs the more animalistic body, always striving to bring its activities and hungers under control.