Simmias And Socrates

Simmias objected to Socrates stating that the soul would vanish as the body dies. He brings up the argument of the soul’s existence by using an instrumental example. There is a lyre and a harmony, which represents a body and a soul. The lyre and the body are both visible while the harmony and the soul are invisible. He brings up a different perspective than Socrates: “... the soul is a kind of harmony, then clearly when our body’s tuning is disturbed … The soul… must instantly vanish, like the harmonies of notes … even though the remains of each body last a long time, until they’re burned or they not.” (Phaedo, 86c). He states that just as the harmony would vanish as the lyre gets destroyed, the soul would vanish if the body gets perished.