Why Socrates Exists

Quite honestly, today’s readings had me going in circles—Socrates’ arguments were slightly difficult for me to follow because his different points were organized or explained in a way that relates his point in a cyclic manner. Regardless, Socrates attempts to argue the immortality and the existence of the soul. The most confusing aspect of this was the beginning of his argument. Socrates bases his argument from his un-doubtful acceptance of the soul existing and being immortal; although he is known to use questions and dialogue to explain the abstract ideas, I believe assuming it exists when trying to prove it actual existence defeats the overall purpose of an argument. In other words, if one accepts this first premise beforehand, their arguments