What Is Plato's Argument Of Opposites

Plato believes that not only do souls exist but they are also independent of the body with their own agenda to be carried out beyond that of the host. Melinda who identifies with Plato’s views, can point out the argument from opposites as a defense. The argument of opposites explains the relationship of how things come to be from the existence of their opposite. Melinda could explain to Melissa that, as known, with sleeping comes being awake and with day emerges night. Having said that, she can relate this certainty to death and life. As Socrates says, “Then there is a new way in which we arrive at the inference that the living come from the dead, just as the dead come from the living; and if this is true, then the souls of the dead must be
Melinda could use this to back her argument of souls existing before they were placed in a body because of the knowledge we were born with. Melinda could quote Socrates saying, “And if we acquired this knowledge before we were born, and were born having it, then we also knew before we were born and at the instant of birth not only equal or the greater or the less, but all other ideas… (Plato 74a)”. Melissa would have the potential to negate this statement by pointing out that all things can be and are taught throughout your life and your life experiences, until you specifically experience the situation in its entirety, regardless of how similar it may be to another situation it can always yield a different outcome. Arguments can fail when the premises do not form an adequate conclusion. Melissa can make her own examples of the conclusion not equaling out to support the individual points given