The main argument of the Phaedo for the Theory of Recollection and the Immortality of the Soul

The main argument Plato expressed in Phaedo (through Socrates) regarding the Theory of Recollection and his philosophy on the Immortality of the Soul can be explained as follows: "That our ability to judge objects of experience whether they are more or less perfect *presupposes* that we already have a concept of perfect objects in our minds, Therefore, we cannot gain these concepts of perfect objects from any experience, but had to have them before all …

…essence is according to Plato nothing else than recollection of what we had known before in previous lives and had forgotten. In order to guarantee this a priori knowledge of such an essence, Plato argues in Phaedo that we must have reborn or that we had lived many lives previously in which we already possessed the knowledge. This is Plato's famous theory of recollection together with the doctrine of reincarnation. Reference Plato. Phaedus. Jowett Translation