"The body keeps us busy in a thousand ways because of its need for nurture. Moreover, if certain diseases befall it, they impede our search for the truth. It fills us with wants, desires, fears, all sorts of illusions and much nonsense, so that, as it is said; in truth and in fact no thought of any kind ever comes to us from the body. Only the body and its desires cause war, civil discord and battles, for all wars are due to the desire to acquire wealth, and it is the body and the care of it, to which we are enslaved..." (15).

Humans are too preoccupied with their own bodies and materialistic goals on the Earth. The body is a temporary encasement. It is the way humans experience the world. We see through our eyes, we touch with our hands, we experience life through its outer expenditures. It is our minds and souls, however, that perceive our experiences. The body represents the physical. Power and wealth are the desires of many human bodies. The soul desires things of more complexity and importance. The soul yearns for love, peace, and strong relationships. The mind wants wisdom, knowledge, and wit. My pastor at my old church used to talk about the body being an impermanent home. The soul will leave it in the end. We should not waste time putting all we have into materialist objects or into our bodies. We should nourish our minds and our souls. My pastor would definitely agree with Phaedo on this argument. In today's day, the average human spends most of his time thinking about how he will get rich and how he will look better physically. Plastic surgery and gym memberships are a norm. People really have become enslaved by their bodies.