What is that the inherence of which, will render the body alive? The soul. ...Then whatever the soul possesses, to that she comes bearing life? ...And is there an opposite to life? Death. Then the soul, as she has been acknowledged, will never receive the opposite of what she brings. ...And what do we call the principle which does not admit of death? The immortal. And does the soul admit of death? No. Then the soul is immortal? Yes.