er on in the discussion they seem to agree that body and soul are two different "elements, one visible the other invisible, but somehow related to one another. One needs to use this sort of theory as a basis for assuming that knowledge is a continuum and does not begin or end with birth and death. Somehow the participants in the discussion conclude that while "body (is) liable to be quickly dissolved, whereas soul must be completely dissoluble" (p. 80b).
So, what does this have to do with an a priori knowledge of such important ideas and ideals as equality"? Merely the concept that the human body is fallible and dissoluble, while the so-called soul is constant and indissoluble. To many of us this is an ideal thought much like the question of how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. Let
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