The soul of man is immortal and imperishable.

Plato, Phaedo

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Where this comes from

Plato’s dialogue on the last day of Socrates’ life.

Plato. Athenian philosopher, active in the fourth century BCE. Not a Stoic, but the Socrates of his dialogues — treating philosophy as something practised rather than merely known — is the model the Stoics inherited.